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Hey all, wanted to cross check the action of my clutch pedal with some of your other rangers! I've been slightly struggling with clutch issues in my 04, 4.0 SOHC 4x4. For clarity here I'm talking about when you are about to take off from a light, and you're slowly lifting your foot to apply power to the wheels, about where does your pedal start engaging the trans to drive? I just burped my master by removing the c-clip and pulling the piston fully out slowly, and also by inverting it and tapping on it. My clutch pedal changed dramatically, it has a much more linear feel on the foot (before it would be soft then hard as it grabbed, similar to older traditional clutches) and feels pretty much identical for the full travel and now the engage/disengage point is MUCH closer to 50%. The pedal is still softer than I'd like personally, but it feels seriously fully linear and grab/ungrab is almost right at 50%. How do yours feel and what's your opinions??!
Long story short the prior owner had the master/slave replaced in 2018. It starting acting up in real weird ways 4 years later, in 2022. I found a completely trashed pilot bearing as the culprit, and evidence that it was installed backwards with the seal facing away from clutch pack. Replaced the master, slave, all lines, clutch and pilot bearing. I used a pre-bled master kit, and bled the slave all different ways, gravity, syringe, and 2man pedal pumping, and while the truck and tranny drove fine it always felt slightly soft for my liking and also the engage point was deep in the travel, meaning that I would have to press the pedal all the way to floor to shift and when leaving a light the trans would engage in the first few inches., and would be fully locked in gear by maybe 20% of the full travel from floor (or 80% deep)
My trans recently starting acting up again
(2yrs after replacing everything) and was getting difficult to get into 1st and reverse. Before cussin a storm and dropping trans to inspect my pilot bearing job I tried to bleed again. The reservoir seemed to have lost zero fluid and was still fully topped off. Did not change anything. I decided to try burping the master and wow, it drives like a different truck. 
Long story short the prior owner had the master/slave replaced in 2018. It starting acting up in real weird ways 4 years later, in 2022. I found a completely trashed pilot bearing as the culprit, and evidence that it was installed backwards with the seal facing away from clutch pack. Replaced the master, slave, all lines, clutch and pilot bearing. I used a pre-bled master kit, and bled the slave all different ways, gravity, syringe, and 2man pedal pumping, and while the truck and tranny drove fine it always felt slightly soft for my liking and also the engage point was deep in the travel, meaning that I would have to press the pedal all the way to floor to shift and when leaving a light the trans would engage in the first few inches., and would be fully locked in gear by maybe 20% of the full travel from floor (or 80% deep)
My trans recently starting acting up again
(2yrs after replacing everything) and was getting difficult to get into 1st and reverse. Before cussin a storm and dropping trans to inspect my pilot bearing job I tried to bleed again. The reservoir seemed to have lost zero fluid and was still fully topped off. Did not change anything. I decided to try burping the master and wow, it drives like a different truck. 
