Is it the slave cylinder??

[Lee]

I just bought a 96 ranger 5 speed 4 cylinder 2wd truck to commute to work in.

Its always been tough to shift into second gear according to the previous owner.

It made it almost a week before it started getting tough to go into 4th as well, then on Friday on 3 occasions it wouldn't shift into any gear without forcing it.

Over the weekend, I bled the slave cylinder manually & with a vacuum pump.

I've got good clutch pressure, with no soft pedal. The clutch isn't slipping either.

I can't see any leaks on the slave cylinder or on any of the hoses from the master cylinder down.

99% of the time it will shift into any gear without any trouble if the engine is off.

I drove it to work this morning & it started shifting tough again.

Any idea's??

Thanks, Lee

 

[pcollins]

internal slave leak. Same problem i had with mine bout a month ago. once everything was out, i seperated the T/O bearing from the slave, and brake fluid was all over the bottom of the bearing.

 

[Lee]

Well, it turns out that it wasn't the slave cylinder.

The clutch pressure plate was about shot, & the pilot bearing was dry.

No leaks what so ever, on the slave cylinder, master cylinder or anywhere on the hydraulic system.

Since the tranny was out, I replaced the clutch, pressure plate, pilot bearing, slave cylinder, throughout bearing & had the flywheel resurfaced.

While trying to bleed the system, I couldn't get 100% of the air out, no matter what I did, so I had to pull the master cylinder off the firewall, & pull the line up at an angle to get all the air out of the line.

Now it shifts like new

 

[pcollins]

good to hear its kinda sad tho....i literally have a backup slave cylinder for my ranger sitting in my garage. brand new. just incase. good to hear yours was the plate instead tho...