Installed Monster clutch and new problems arose
08-26-2009, 04:20 PM
#23
Thanks, man! Yeah, everyone was real friendly and helpful when I called up and the recommendation to replace the master was right. I never ended up needing to vacuum bleed it.
The clutch feels great so far. Couple hundred more miles until I go ***** to the wall, but for everyday driving it's been great. I'll try to finish the break in tomorrow and then maybe get a couple videos of it this weekend
The clutch feels great so far. Couple hundred more miles until I go ***** to the wall, but for everyday driving it's been great. I'll try to finish the break in tomorrow and then maybe get a couple videos of it this weekend
08-27-2009, 11:17 AM
#24
Thanks, man! Yeah, everyone was real friendly and helpful when I called up and the recommendation to replace the master was right. I never ended up needing to vacuum bleed it.
The clutch feels great so far. Couple hundred more miles until I go ***** to the wall, but for everyday driving it's been great. I'll try to finish the break in tomorrow and then maybe get a couple videos of it this weekend
The clutch feels great so far. Couple hundred more miles until I go ***** to the wall, but for everyday driving it's been great. I'll try to finish the break in tomorrow and then maybe get a couple videos of it this weekend
Let me know if you need anything else!
08-29-2009, 05:51 PM
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Well, I finally got a chance to get on it a bit today after checking everything over. It seemed ok at first, but when I try to powershift the pedal sticks to the floor and it just bounces off the limiter. When I shift pretty fast, but normally (let off the gas) it seems fine...maybe a very slight hesitate for the pedal to come back, but so slight that it's hard to tell. Anyone have any ideas? Sound like a bleeding problem or a pedal adustment problem maybe?
Thanks!
Thanks!
08-30-2009, 10:21 AM
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I had the EXACT same problem with my stage 3, i went through 3 bottles of brake fluid bleeding and even pulled it apart and put in a new slave. I spent 3 days bleeding the damn thing and I got it to power shift 1 time. Then i took a trip home and just as you stated i would have to let off the throttle just a tad to shift at WOT. I ended up blowing up the ls1 that night 
and decided in converting to an auto.
But what we did to get it to power shift was drill out the breather hole in the reservoir a little bit. Then get a very small cone shape adapter that fits on the end of an air compressor nozzle. Then open the bleeder, stick the nozzle in the cap and compress the fluid through the slave making sure to not let the reservoir run dry and then close the slave. This will obviously require 2 people. If you have air in the slave, its almost an act of god to get it out. This is why SNL uses an expensive *** pressure bleeder to install all their clutches.
and decided in converting to an auto.But what we did to get it to power shift was drill out the breather hole in the reservoir a little bit. Then get a very small cone shape adapter that fits on the end of an air compressor nozzle. Then open the bleeder, stick the nozzle in the cap and compress the fluid through the slave making sure to not let the reservoir run dry and then close the slave. This will obviously require 2 people. If you have air in the slave, its almost an act of god to get it out. This is why SNL uses an expensive *** pressure bleeder to install all their clutches.
08-30-2009, 10:41 AM
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Bled it a bit and the pedal still stuck. My brother could actually watch it come back slowly.
Currently using a mighty vac to bleed it. Letting it sit with vacuum to it and getting some decent air out of it. I go out every few minutes and pump the pedal slowly a few times. I'll test drive it in a little bit and see how it feels.
Currently using a mighty vac to bleed it. Letting it sit with vacuum to it and getting some decent air out of it. I go out every few minutes and pump the pedal slowly a few times. I'll test drive it in a little bit and see how it feels.
08-30-2009, 11:07 AM
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Bled it a bit and the pedal still stuck. My brother could actually watch it come back slowly.
Currently using a mighty vac to bleed it. Letting it sit with vacuum to it and getting some decent air out of it. I go out every few minutes and pump the pedal slowly a few times. I'll test drive it in a little bit and see how it feels.
Currently using a mighty vac to bleed it. Letting it sit with vacuum to it and getting some decent air out of it. I go out every few minutes and pump the pedal slowly a few times. I'll test drive it in a little bit and see how it feels.
08-30-2009, 11:19 AM
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The bubbles slowed down and got alot smaller after about 45 minutes of having vacuum to it. I was going out every few minutes and pumping the pedal a bit. Took it for a drive and it possibly felt a little better, but the pedal still stuck on hard shifts.
I threw the vac back on it and I'm gonna try putting vacuum to it for a while more. I really hope this fixes it because I'm out of ideas after this.
I threw the vac back on it and I'm gonna try putting vacuum to it for a while more. I really hope this fixes it because I'm out of ideas after this.
08-30-2009, 11:38 AM
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try this instead of what ur doing. in the kit there's 3 pointy adapters u can put on the end of the hose. take the one that fits in the end of the hose that's attached to the rez and give it a few pumps. it should only take u a few second & it should be done but u may need to repeat a few times. try to keep ite rez full cuz its going to want to vac the fluid out
Ill stay here till u get it done just post up & ill answer asap
Ill stay here till u get it done just post up & ill answer asap
08-30-2009, 12:08 PM
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I've been using the adapter that fits in the hole at the bottom of the reservior. Bubbles keep coming out. I go out and pump it every few minutes. I did up the vacuum to 13 and alot of bubbles came out right after. It drops very slowly to about 12 and I pump it back to 13. I'm tempted to bump it to 15 and see if it moves it along faster, but I'm afraid of hurting the seals in the master. I just don't want to be doing this for hours on end, haha.
Thanks, man!
Thanks, man!
08-30-2009, 12:24 PM
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it only took me a few min with the mighty vac. just put the hose in the bottom of the line & gove it 5-10 pumps & u should see the air come out. top the fluid off pump the pedal & repeat. it should only take a few min not a few hrs. just try it like I said & I'm sure ull get it. I don't rember having a gauge on mine I just pumped it 5-10 time & ull c the bubbles
08-30-2009, 12:59 PM
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Ok, it's still going soft and not comming back fast enough at WOT. I put the vac on and pumped it to 12. A couple bubbles came out. I'll let it sit for a few minutes and then cap it and pump the pedal, then repeat.
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08-30-2009, 01:01 PM
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u don't have 2 drive it u can just pump it up 10times then bleed it again. I would say to do this 2-4 times should be plenty. do u have new fluid in or is the fluid u had in there old. I'm assuming its new since uve bleed this till u turned blue in the face & still can't get it. LoL