Clutch Adjustment

[mailboxman]

Once again I need some info---1994 Ranger 4.0 5 Speed splash extended cab--I am having shifting issues in the cold weather which point to my clutch needing bled--someone put a new clutch in before I bought it and the pedal has caught at or near the floor since I bought it---i am searching around for the bleeder and cant seem to locate it--anyone have a diagram or schematic exactly where its at??? We have some serious snow here so I climbed under briefly and couldnt locate the bleeder??? Is it on the drivers side bell housing?? supposedly near the hydraulic line?? I am going to try jacking the front end up when bleeding and see if I can beat this master cylinder positioning prob everyone runs into---fortunately my truck is drivable and is not using any fluid--just gets a little hard shifting sometimes.

 

[Wrench]

The clutch slave cyld bleeder v/v is on top near the bellhousing end. If your pedal release is near the bottom of its stroke I would say you either have a clutch wear problem, the rod to the master cyld is incorrect lenght or worn pivot points on the clutch pedal rod. Make sure you are using the correct fluid in the trans. The slave cyld on the trans input shaft is a high failure part.

 

[RangerX]

It's on the driver's side of the trans, about at the level of the frame.
There's a pic (not the best) at the bottom of this link: http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/bleedclutch.htm
If you do a search of our site for "bleed clutch", you should find several different tricks to aid in bleeding.

 

[mailboxman]

Thank you guys--the last sentence in the link--
Note: The reverse bleeding procedure will not work on all rangers. Some rangers' bleeder is nothing but a tapered hex bolt with a hole in it, no real way to get a good seal on it.--seems to be my situation--no wonder I couldnt find the bleeder--I will check into this a little more and post back--i was planning on parking on a steep hill to level out the master cylinder and then cranking open bleeder?? like i said before, truck is drivable, but it would be great to get some clutch pedal --I always thought when a clutch was going bad it grabbed at the end --not at the floor???

 

[RangerX]

I posted that link mainly for the pic, there's other methods to bleed it. Like I said, search this site, there's lots of info. For instance, rather than jacking the truck up in the air, you can just unbolt the master from the firewall and tilt it.

Also, bleeding MAY not solve your problem, it's just the easiest and cheapest thing to try first. You may need to drop the trans and replace the slave.

 

[mailboxman]

thanks for the responses--i did find the bleeder--filled master to the top and had wife sit in truck--loosened bleeder and had her push pedal down real slow--frothy ugly mix came out followed by clean fluid--did a couple of different procedures including opening bleeder with pedal to the floor and also hard slamming the pedal with the bleeder open----happy to report clutch has never felt better--it now goes into gear from a stop easily and no more grind going into reverse--hope this lasts for awhile