My clutch, slave and master saga continues...

[94_explorer]

Well, first some good news. I finally completed the job of replacing the trashed slave, and it was shredded. This was a brand new slave that died the next day. Ouch. While I had the tranny down, I noticed that the shaft was sloppy. This tranny is on it's way to the grave anyway, so I didn't do anything about it for now. I couldn't find a front bearing anyway, and I was running out of time. I got everything reassembled and I filled up the tranny. Now all that was left was to bleed the hydraulic system and test drive! Yeah! er, NOOOOO. :/

The clutch pedal goes straight to the floor. Before, when the line was disconnected from the slave, the pedal was hard as it should be. Now it's soft as a marshmallow. I bled the master cylinder a whole bunch of times, but to no avail. I couldn't find any pressure AT ALL. Nada. Zero. Ziltch. We hooked it up (futile) and tried to bleed it while attached to the slave. Of course that didn't do anything. So, I guess I'm going to replace the master cylinder and start from there.

Here's my list of questions:

1. How do you bench bleed a master cylinder?
2. What's the deal with only being able to push the rod in once?
3. How does the line from the slave connect/disconnect to the master cylinder?
4. Why in God's name is this such a PITA?
5. Any other fresh tips on replacing the master and bleeding the system?

 

[94_explorer]

I've disconnected everything on the master cylinder except the hydraulic line to the slave. I'm not sure how to disconnect this? Should I try to remove the whole hydraulic line while attached to the master, or should I just disconnect it?

Update from HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! Damn it anyway. I can't do either. That master is so tight in there and it's hard to get in there to work. I couldn't pull it all out with the hydraulic line and I couldn't for the life of me get that little pin out where the line attaches to the master. Do I need some sort of special tool to get that pin out or what? This is driving me nuts. I've wasted the whole afternoon and I finally gave up for the day.

Tips or suggestions anyone?