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- Age
- 76
- State - Country
- FL - USA
- Vehicle Year
- 1996
- Vehicle
- Ford Ranger
- Drive
- 2WD
- Engine
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Manual
- Tire Size
- 14"
96 ranger 4 cylinder, 5speed manual
I've run into some issues with the hydraulic hoses.
I did a clutch job on this vehicle 8,000 miles ago. I didn't put locktite on the bolts for the flywheel. That loosened and I had rattling from it as all the bolts started to come out.
I bolted that back down and replace the 2 clutch pieces with new, but no the slave.
I know better, but I couldn't get the bell housing back on the engine so used the bolts to pull it in. That done, I move on to the clutch hydraulic hoses.
Had a horrible time getting them together and have since read that putting the tranny on as I did causes that.
Finally I was able to get them paired, but when I tried to bleed the clutch, the metal clip popped off.
Now I'm back to trying to get the hoses paired. I will bleed again and see if I can pair with that only.
If not I'm back to loosening the tranny to give me room to join the 2 hoses.
Now I'm afraid that the metal clip will not hold and wondering if there's an after market adapter fittings for the slave and master hoses?
Thanks for advice/help.
I've run into some issues with the hydraulic hoses.
I did a clutch job on this vehicle 8,000 miles ago. I didn't put locktite on the bolts for the flywheel. That loosened and I had rattling from it as all the bolts started to come out.
I bolted that back down and replace the 2 clutch pieces with new, but no the slave.
I know better, but I couldn't get the bell housing back on the engine so used the bolts to pull it in. That done, I move on to the clutch hydraulic hoses.
Had a horrible time getting them together and have since read that putting the tranny on as I did causes that.
Finally I was able to get them paired, but when I tried to bleed the clutch, the metal clip popped off.
Now I'm back to trying to get the hoses paired. I will bleed again and see if I can pair with that only.
If not I'm back to loosening the tranny to give me room to join the 2 hoses.
Now I'm afraid that the metal clip will not hold and wondering if there's an after market adapter fittings for the slave and master hoses?
Thanks for advice/help.
