Date:         Fri, 6 Jul 2012 21:45:19 -0700
Reply-To:     David White <sirgrumpsalot@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         David White <sirgrumpsalot@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      the science behind the clutch
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84 westie. was an automatic but I put in all the manual stuff a few
years back. I skimped and put a flexible plastic line between the
master cylinder and through the body where, underneath, I go back to
steel, flared lines to the slave cylinder. The other day I blew
plastic line. It had appeared to blow where the plastic line is
connected to the barbed fittings on both ends and I assumed the
c-clamps had chewed through the plastic. However now I can't bleed the
system (after I installed a steel line replacing the plastic line). I
take the bleed screw completely out of the slave cylinder and pump the
pedal and nothing comes out. I understand this is not the way to bleed
the system but I assumed that I would get some "spit" of brake fluid
after pumping forever. This makes me think that the cylinder in the
slave isn't moving and the plastic line blew because of increased
pressure? Any way to test this before I spend the bread on both a
master and slave cylinder?