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Old Apr 8, 2007 | 11:37 PM
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im bleeding my clutch with the mity vac, all is well but now i notice my clutch pedal is craizy hard, i cant push it down....
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Old Apr 9, 2007 | 12:39 AM
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What Amber and others have been saying all along, it will tear the Master up...
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so how many people have actually messed something up with the mity vac? i saw complaints before i did it but only like 1 or 2 pople spoke about having problems. how exactly does it tear it up? is there anyway to double check its the master cylinder thats broke?
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ohh and when you bleed the clutch using the bleeder on the slave, how do you keep fluid from dripping down on the clutch? will it miss the clutch when it drips or do i need to have rags all crammed around it.
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ohh and when you bleed the clutch using the bleeder on the slave, how do you keep fluid from dripping down on the clutch? will it miss the clutch when it drips or do i need to have rags all crammed around it.
IIRC it drips into the bell-housing and exits through a hole cast for that purpose. It will be fine. (Just what I read)
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so i got the clutch pedal pushed down with my foot, now it wants to stay down to the floor, i can push it up but it just goes back down. have i fucked my master up now?
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ohh and when you bleed the clutch using the bleeder on the slave, how do you keep fluid from dripping down on the clutch? will it miss the clutch when it drips or do i need to have rags all crammed around it.
It wont drip on the clutch, it goes down and out a hole. trust me on that i have done it and had the same worry. It was just fine.
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so i got the clutch pedal pushed down with my foot, now it wants to stay down to the floor, i can push it up but it just goes back down. have i fucked my master up now?
Bleed it some more first. Pump and hold the pedal down, crack bleeder, close bleeder then release pedal and repeat. It takes a while to get it done. if after 30 bleed cycles it wont hold pressure than something may be broken.

Stupid mity vacs.
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alright, ill get a friend to help me tonight bleed it, thanks for the help man...
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had problems with clutch sticking to the floor. did drill mod still same trouble. bleed it the manual way cracking the bleeder and same troubles. bought a mity vac and clutch seems alot better. before could only make it thru 3rd and it would stick to floor. now im thru 5th andstill have pedal for 6th
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had problems with clutch sticking to the floor. did drill mod still same trouble. bleed it the manual way cracking the bleeder and same troubles. bought a mity vac and clutch seems alot better. before could only make it thru 3rd and it would stick to floor. now im thru 5th andstill have pedal for 6th
You just didnt bleed it enough when you did it manually.
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I bench bled the master. Popped open the plunger on the bottom of the line that goes into the slave and looped it into the res. Then, just pumped the master, just recycles the fluid, and it's good to go. Then bleed the slave like brad8266 stated.

Did that a couple of times and was good to go.
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We used a coolant pressure tester.
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i broke my master. i put a new one in last night and i hope to bleed the rest of the system tonight. hopefully ill be driving this bitch tomorrow
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