I had to change out the clutch master on my '88 GL once. It seems I had read somewhere that the system will self bleed and I did that by pumping the pedal as specified but it took around one hundred pumps of the pedal to get it done. It worked. John Rodgers Clayartist and Moldmaker 88'GL VW Bus Driver Chelsea, AL Http://www.moldhaus.com
Kurt Grotz wrote: > My clutch stopped working this winter. I am thinking it is my slave > cylinder although it is only 3 years old. The brakes work and there feels > like pressure on the petel. And in fact in very very cold weather it did > work - as if the cylinder was smaller due to cold. As soon at temp or > engine warmed up however it does not work. Does that tell me it is the > slave? I kind of want to know before I take it all apart and bleed all > over. > > > Kurt A. Grotz > > > |
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