Date:         Sun, 11 May 2003 10:12:24 -0700
Reply-To:     wilden1@JUNO.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Clutch
Comments: To: thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA
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Sounds like your master cylinder reservoir fluid level is below the
clutch feed line.
Try filling the MC and just letting gravity bleed the slave into a coffee
can under it.
You might need to fill the fluid reservoir several times to get a full
bleed.

Stan Wilder


On Sun, 11 May 2003 07:59:36 -0600 George Thorburn <thorgk@ACCESSCOMM.CA>
writes:
> List,
> I finally took my van out of the garage after a long winters rest.
> The motor started right away and every thing seems to work fine
> except the clutch. When I parked the van last fall the clutch worked
> fine. The clutch disc is almost new. The problem seems to be with
> the hydraulics. The pedal only works near the floor. Pumping the
> pedal helps a bit. The mechanic at Kal Tire (they were installing
> new tires and changing the back brakes for me) tried to bleed the
> slave cylinder but nothing would come out, he removed the entire
> bleed screw and still nothing. Is the problem the slave or the
> master cylinder? Should I have both changed? There was some
> information on the list a while ago. I forget if there was a step by
> step how to on changing these components. Thanks for any help.
>
> George
>
> '85 Westfalia
>
>

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