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Old Aug 23, 2011 | 11:43 PM
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Can you bleed the clutch on a 2002 Trans Am LS by taking off the lid and just pumping the cluch?
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 12:08 PM
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No, that might allow some air bubbles to escape in the line from gravity, but you need to crack the bleeder valve at the slave to ensure you get all air out if you do not have a remote bleeder.
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How do you get a socket around it? mine wont let me get close.
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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You could do it by cutting a 2 in hole across from your gas pedal on the floorboard. That's how I did mine. Some people say u hear more noise that's not true long as u put the foam and stuff back u want even know the difference
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Okay I think ill do that
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Old Aug 24, 2011 | 06:58 PM
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Be sure to not push to hard cause u have the wire underneath the car. See if u can get a pic to see it. I don't know how to post pic.
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Old Aug 25, 2011 | 12:31 AM
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I know if you have them on photobucket you can just take the code it gives you and copy then paste it here.

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Forget cutting holes in your car. Never had any trouble with an 11mm socket
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I can't get the socket to stay around it.
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Originally Posted by Anderson0741
I can't get the socket to stay around it.
I had to grind down the outside of my socket to get it to fit. Been like that on every single car i've worked on.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 12:09 AM
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Okay thanks I managed to get it to blows but it didn't make any difference at all. So I tried a mityvac, and it sucked lots of bubbles out. But it didn't make any difference at all. Is there another method to get the hydraulic clutch to work?
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Did u upgrade the clutch are is it stock. Have u changed it n can't get the pedal to come up
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Only thing I did was I had the trans rebuilt
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O ok so your using the old clutch that was in it
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Originally Posted by ls1tafirehawk
O ok so your using the old clutch that was in it
Yeah everything else is stock, I even took it to a mechanic and he cant figure out why it wont bleed.
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u could try this
http://performanceworks1.com/ls1_clutch_bleeding.htm
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