Carol,
Open the bleed screw and pump the pedal a few times to get the system
primed with fluid. Then worry about getting the air bubbles out. It works for
me.
Mark Stahlke
On 06-Oct-97, Carol Zingone wrote:
>Listers,
>Re-build clutch master and slave this weekend, lubed with clean fluid
>and re-installed the pistons. Then reconnected parts to Sybill.
>Foolishly attempted bleeding of system *before* building up pressure in
>system to ensure bleeding would work (too much beer night before!).
>After pumping the clutch pedal 300+ times, (with bleed screw closed),
>I'm wondering: 1) How long should it take to build up the pressure in
>the system when it was completely dry ? 2) Do I need to *manually* start
>the slave cylinder piston to begin a vacuum process that will draw the
>fluid from the master ?
>Thanks (yet again!) in advance --
>Carol Zingone
>74 TR6 -- Sybill
>BTW: Sybill sounded a bit ragged when I turned her over, oil pressure
>however, went right up to 75 which was a nice sight ! :-)
>Discovered a lower carb leak, pretty steady from the front carb, so a
>carb rebuild may be in the near future, not a nice sight :-(
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