hockeytown9

Hey guys. I have an 84 PU. I have changed the master and slave cylinders, and bleed the lines about 500 times!! But there is still no pedel pressure, and I can't get the truck into/out of gear. The one thing I screwed up on was that I didn't bench bleed the master before I replaced it. Any thoughts? I mean I know I should have bench bled it, but I have bled the system, even using a vaccum pump, and still nothing. Any ideas would be really awesome!! Thanks!

phorunninduke

Yeah, you gotta bench bleed it. But don't sweat it here it is the trick that works every time.

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1. Adjust the bracket that pins to the clutch pedal so that it has about 1/4" free play
2. Fill the Clutch Master cyl resevoir ( duh )
3. Open the bleeder valve at the slave cylinder ( on the bellhousing for newbies, pass side, follow the hydraulic line from the clutch master down, you'll see it ) and without pumping the pedal, just let it drain until the resevoir is about 1/2 empty.
4. Close the bleeder and fill the resevoir
5. Have someone pump the clutch 5 times and hold, open the bleeder at the slave & bleed the system, closing the valve before fluid flow stops ( again for newbies )
6. Repeat step 5 until there is no more air bubbles when you bleed the system.

# If you followed the directions, you should have noticable clutch within 3 bleeding cycles, and be done within 6 cycles, whether or not you bench bled the clutch master before installing.