New Cluth Problem

[neo_vulcan]

1997 Ford Ranger 3.0V6 5-speed manual
Okay, first a some background info. My ranger was a farm truck that the oil pump died at 40k miles. I found a cheap 2001 Ranger 3.0V6(Biofuel) engine and swapped it by taking all the components off my old engine and placing them on the new one(FYI It was one of the biggest PITA that I have ever done, don't do it). The clutch was bad, so I replaced it during the swap. While replacing the release bearing, I pushed in the clutch to put the vehicle in neutral(after the engine was removed) launching the bearing of the shaft and fluid went everywhere. I pushed the seal back on and figured I would just have to bleed the system. The engine is back in, it runs fine. Though when I push in the clutch it goes pretty much to the floor with maybe 2 inches of resistance, but it comes back up off the floor. I tried bleeding the system with a tool with a check valve and still nothing. I looked in the small window on the bell housing and the release bearing pushes on the teeth on the clutch, but not enough obviously. If anyone could tell me what the problem is or if there is a better way of bleeding the system, I would greatly appreciate it. I apologize for the novel, but I wanted to give all the info I could. Thank You

 

[offroadranger]

sounds like theres still air trapped. these clutches are not easy to bleed. Read or search around here on how to bleed, you'll probably have to remove the master cylinder and "bench" bleed it.

 

[kunar]

sounds like theres still air trapped. these clutches are not easy to bleed. Read or search around here on how to bleed, you'll probably have to remove the master cylinder and "bench" bleed it.

theres some good info in the tech library about the topic. also, any repair manual i have read claim the slave is junk if you do what you did...i wouldnt give up yet though.