oops John sometimes I'm hard to understand.
anyway I drained my trans fluid to see if the sticky shifting was due to old trans oil. over 2 years old * red line *
well seems the real troule was my clutch pedel master cyl was acting funky, so I put DOT 4 and drained and
it shiftts better now, BUT I want to flush it and put all new clutch fluid in.

whats the best way to flush it just have someone pedel push it out while i open the bleeder.

Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Sent: Oct 11, 2004 9:37 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: clutch fun

Joe,

Are you saying you clutch "pedal" went to zero after putting Redline
Tranny Oil into the tranny????

Actually when I first read your post, it almost sounded like you put the
tranny oil into the clutch hydraulic system, which of course would be a
disaster.

I don't know about having to have a power bleeder, but I replaced my
clutch master cylinder, and then refilled the brake/clutch hydraulic
fluid tank. Once done, the system self-bled as I rapidly pumped the
clutch pedal 75-100 times.

I didn't drain the clutch hyraulic system completely nor bleed the
clutch slave cylinder at the time I did all this. But I have not had any
trouble now in the two years since I did this.

I went through a period of having to replace the clutch master, and the
brake master.  I suspect the next hydraulic item to fail and require
replacement will be the slave cylinder.

Regards,

Joseph Fortino wrote:

>dang van desided to work against me after i put redline gear oil in, then my clutch
>has so much pedel slop it would'nt go into gear. had to get home and add more and bleed
>it some. Shifts into gear.
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>Question: bently said i need a power bleeder, I have a minivac to use, can I just open the bleeder screw
>push all the old fluild out the add as i go. ?? do i need to bleed with the mini vac after all this?
>
>Thanks almost stuck on the road ;) but i brought it home.. * sweatin it * my tool were at home
>
>Joe
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