Dogmeat

Ok I know this subject has been beaten to death and I've searched through many threads about it, and I've seen that there are several different methods for bleeding the system...

However, is there a method that anybody knows of that will let you completley flush the fluid from your hydraulic system? I guess what I'm curious about is the 'gravity bleeding method' some people were discussing in other threads...

I've got black grimey fluid in my resovior, and I wanted to try completley flushing it and getting it all out, replacing it with new and then I was just gonna go rent a Mity-vac to bleed the system once the new fluid is in there...

I've never messed with a hydraulic clutch in my life before so I guess I'm a little confused about all this....

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

i had the same muddy fluid in mine.

i replaced the master and slave so all i did was take everything out, disconnect everything on the table, and ran brakekleen through the steel line, and wiped the resivoir out with it.

but in your case, i think completely unhook the slave from the steel line, have a friend at the resivoir to pour new fluid in, and another down under the car to watch the line, and pump the clutch alot until theres all new fluid in the resivoir. then re attatch the line and bleed it.

Dogmeat

Ok ... So basically by pumping the clutch, I am gonna flush all that fluid out of the line I removed from the slave?

I am gonna just do the mity-vac thing to bleed the system but I need to make sure I get it right getting the fluid flushed first...

Revelation Z28

iTrader: (10)

the easy way is the mity vac... but if youve had that kind of fluid in the system for awhile, your master may have gotten gunked up.

67Ranger

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this thing worked pretty good for me. I just kinda opened the bleeder valve and pumped more through there, and then closed it whenever i was done.

http://www.ls1camaro.net/sections.ph...ticle&artid=71

Revelation Z28

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and you can run insecticide through the hydraulics

02WSsicks

iTrader: (6)

I tried the vac, but it didn't work that great. Really if you get under there, and have someone in the car the traditional bleed method isn,t that bad. Use a 7/16 1/4 drive socket. I was able to place the socket on the bleeder, and with the right angle get in there. Went through about four fills up top to make sure all the black fluid was out. good luck

MeentSS02

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I bought a really long bleeder extension from Steve-d on here, and that thing is a godsend when doing stuff like this, especially with the Earl's solo-bleeder on there. It wasn't cheap, but it was well worth it.