

| Subject: | Re: '82 clutch capers |
| From: | mike boland |
| Date: | Sat, 1 Mar 2003 23:34:48 -0600 |
Or you can use a vacuum bleeder (I bought one from Mac tools 250.00 works off shop air compressor) real nice.. quick easy.. Mike At 08:35 PM 3/1/2003 -0600, Stan Wilder wrote: >The clutch master cylinder shares the fluid reservoir with the brake >master cylinder. >Under your instrument cluster cover. The cover has two finger slots in >the windshield side, just grip these two locations and give the cover a >little snap and it will roll over towards you. >The clutch supply is the tube coming out the side of the master cylinder >reservoir, probably has a rubber braided line on it. >If you fluid gets below the level of the tube it causes bubbles and no >fluid to your clutch master cylinder mounted just behind the steering >column above your feet. >The system also has a clutch slave that is mounted high up over your >transmission on the driver side. >It is difficult to reach; after you replenish your fluid this will >require bleeding. It requires a 7mm box end wrench to loosen the bleeder >screw. >When you press the clutch pedal, use short strokes when bleeding the >slave cylinder. If you fully bottom out the cylinder with foot pressure >you can put the rubber seals in a previously unused area and cut or >scrape your seals, causing a leak. As an option it can just be gravity >bleed by putting a can under the tranny at the right spot to catch the >fluid from the bleeder screw and keep your Master cylinder full it will >gravity bleed itself since the reservoir is higher than the slave >cylinder. > >Stan Wilder > >On Sat, 1 Mar 2003 18:08:42 -0800 Art McGinn <amcginn@MICROWEB.COM> >writes: > > in newly purchased '82 westy, two things are going on with the > > clutch: > > a) shifting is stiff, as if some grease or oil is needed on > > some > > knuckles and elbows down there. > > b) just today, i had the clutch to the floor and was in > > reverse, > > waiting for some traffic to move, when the clutch seemed to fade and > > i was > > briefly locked into reverse. i muscled it out of reverse, pumped the > > clutch > > a couple of times, and got it back into gear and took off. it > > shifted ok > > after that. it felt like there may be low fluid -- i assume there is > > fluid > > in there somewhere -- or maybe some air in a line. this van has sat > > for > > months at a time for many years. is there a place to add fluid? any > > other > > thoughts? many thanks. art mcginn '82 westy, '82 van > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today >Only $9.95 per month! >Visit www.juno.com
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