Make sure the clutch master cylinder pushrod releases pressure on the
master cylinder when the pedal is up. If I remember right, if it's
partially depressed (like you? :) ) it won't pull in fluid from the reservoir.
Regards, Tony Drews
At 03:12 PM 5/19/2016, John Summers wrote:
>Hey folks, I got a ned clutch master cylinder the other
>day. Installed it yesterday.
>Decided today to get dirty, frustrated, angry and depressed
>today. So I crawled
>under my adversary to play with her bowels. Rather like standing
>too close to a cow or horse.
>Attempted to bleed the clutch and only saw large air bubbles in BOTH
>hoses. I finally gave up because I'd had enough
>it being hot here in The Sunshine State.
>Oh yes, months ago on the back aisle at Lowes, where they often
>place the close-out stuff
>I found a 3'x3' piece of stainless steel. I have some holes to
>patch so that will come in handy.
>Almost my entire driver side floor is rusty. I, with little effort
>was able to make a 10" circular hole
>yes, under the clutch pedal. The kicker is I somehow lost the pin
>that attaches the clutch MC to the
>pedal. Dropped it three times, found it and then it was gone. With
>a large nail bent @ 45 degrees
> was finally able to line the holes and shove in a grade 8 bolt
> with washers on both sides and
>screwed a nylock nut on. Plenty of back pressure on the clutch
>pedal but sadly with the engine
>running it still won't go into gear. I'll pour gasoline inside and
>light it if this crap continues much longer.
>So whoopee, after 3 hours, I'd had enough and came inside.
>
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