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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 07:32 AM
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To give a little background on my problem. The other day I was coming home from a short road trip. I stopped for gas and when I went to start the car the clutch pedal went stright to the floor. No resistance at all. After saying all the cus words in the book I pumped the clutch up and it came back. Thank god. When I got the car back to the house I found that the clutch line made its way near the headers. I moved the line away from the headers and bleed the out all the fluid and replaced it with new GM hydro fluild. Well Over the next few days the pedal has gotten weak. Like no effort at all to push it in. YOu can pump it at a stop light and I will start to get feeling back, but after a little ways of dirving it will go back to its weak state. What can this be? There is new fluid, slave has about 40k and the master is orginal high milage.
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Old Jan 24, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 02:40 PM
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I'm just guessing an LT1 by your avatar?
Either way is it loosing fluid anywhere in the system? Do you have to keep adding?
If not I would suspect the master as the problem.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 03:48 PM
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Its a Master cylinder, I'll be replacing mine next week for the same problem.
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Old Jan 25, 2009 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by wrencher
I'm just guessing an LT1 by your avatar?
Either way is it loosing fluid anywhere in the system? Do you have to keep adding?
If not I would suspect the master as the problem.
No it is not a LT1. I am not losing fluid any where in the system. Not leaving any spots in the driveway or noticable drops in the resivor.

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Its a Master cylinder, I'll be replacing mine next week for the same problem.
Well this really blows. Don't really want to spend the 350.00 bucks on a new one.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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Our Adjustable Master kit is $339.99, but if you don't have the coin to spend, a stock replacement GM Master (non adjustable) is only $149.99.

http://www.tick-performance.com/tick...aulics/#master

They're junk, but if you don't have the coin to upgrade to our kit, at least a stocker will get the car driving again.
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Originally Posted by Joey@TickPerf
Our Adjustable Master kit is $339.99, but if you don't have the coin to spend, a stock replacement GM Master (non adjustable) is only $149.99.

http://www.tick-performance.com/tick...aulics/#master

They're junk, but if you don't have the coin to upgrade to our kit, at least a stocker will get the car driving again.
Ordered will be here tonight, and installed tonight. I will keep you posted on how it works.
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