[TR] Bleeding Clutch Slave Cylinder

[MMoore8425 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/28/2008 1:16:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
vlm at te-motorworks.com writes:

For what  it's worth, that is the specified way to bleed the clutch  
hydraulic  circuit on my 1988 F-450, and a bleeder screw is not even   
provided.

Definitely not intuitive if you've never encountered it  before.  And  
it is dark out.  And you are making a repair  on the side of the road.

-vin



I really wonder if its necessary to bleed it at all. What keeps bubbles  from 
rising up to the reservoir? What exactly does "holding the pedal down" do  
anyway besides increase cylinder pressure and make bubbles smaller? I just  
replaced a 1 inch slave on my TR3A yesterday and I haven't bled it at all. I'll  
just drive it and it will take care of itself somehow! (At least it has since  
1964!)
Mike Moore 



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