Dark Pony
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I posted this in the transmission section, however doesn't seem to have as much traffic over there so I'm posting this over here. Hopefully I can get some advice from people knowledgeable on the subject.
I installed my clutch last summer after having had my trans rebuilt. When it came to putting everything back together, I did not bench bleed, or do any kind of bleeding on the TOB/Slave cylinder. I was under the assumption that it did not need bled in the traditional way as it didn't have a bleeder on it, and what I had read about bleeding the clutch was just pump it a million times and it's good. Well, after doing that, and getting what felt like a decent pedal, I went out and drove it. It seemed to shift merely OK, but definitely not nearly as good as I would have hoped, however I didn't really know what to expect as the clutch was new, had a new calimer stage 2 trans, mgw shifter, and everything needed to be broken in. I was also on the clutch break in miles so I didn't want to go hard for a while. Once everything was broken in I got on it and found that it wasn't shifting right at all. Extremely hard to get out of and into gear and such. Decided to go with a stainless steel clutch line, and while installing that we bled the lines going to the slave cylinder in a more traditional way, as we left the line disconnected from the slave and pumped fluid through the line until no air came out, just fluid, and then connected the line to the slave line. After this shifting was VERY much improved for day to day driving, however at higher rpms it still struggles to get out of and into gear, and I am unable to hit the next gear when I use my wot box. It's like the gear isn't even there. So my questions are is it possible that there is air still in the slave cylinder and could it cause issues like this? Or would the air have worked its way out by now? I've looked at vaccum bleeding the MC however I'm not sure it would be able to pull air all the way from the slave, does anyone know if that will work? If not, other than dropping the trans and pushing on the slave is there any way to bleed the slave? If I drop the trans I will be replacing the slave, is it better to stick with Ford, or should I replace with the mcleod unit or exedy? Any info would be helpful. Thank you.
I installed my clutch last summer after having had my trans rebuilt. When it came to putting everything back together, I did not bench bleed, or do any kind of bleeding on the TOB/Slave cylinder. I was under the assumption that it did not need bled in the traditional way as it didn't have a bleeder on it, and what I had read about bleeding the clutch was just pump it a million times and it's good. Well, after doing that, and getting what felt like a decent pedal, I went out and drove it. It seemed to shift merely OK, but definitely not nearly as good as I would have hoped, however I didn't really know what to expect as the clutch was new, had a new calimer stage 2 trans, mgw shifter, and everything needed to be broken in. I was also on the clutch break in miles so I didn't want to go hard for a while. Once everything was broken in I got on it and found that it wasn't shifting right at all. Extremely hard to get out of and into gear and such. Decided to go with a stainless steel clutch line, and while installing that we bled the lines going to the slave cylinder in a more traditional way, as we left the line disconnected from the slave and pumped fluid through the line until no air came out, just fluid, and then connected the line to the slave line. After this shifting was VERY much improved for day to day driving, however at higher rpms it still struggles to get out of and into gear, and I am unable to hit the next gear when I use my wot box. It's like the gear isn't even there. So my questions are is it possible that there is air still in the slave cylinder and could it cause issues like this? Or would the air have worked its way out by now? I've looked at vaccum bleeding the MC however I'm not sure it would be able to pull air all the way from the slave, does anyone know if that will work? If not, other than dropping the trans and pushing on the slave is there any way to bleed the slave? If I drop the trans I will be replacing the slave, is it better to stick with Ford, or should I replace with the mcleod unit or exedy? Any info would be helpful. Thank you.
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