Mcleod Master sux!
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Mcleod Master sux! I have been working on this thing for a week now .. Now it has come down to the point where I get no pedal pressure at all no matter how much I pump and pump and pump and pump NOTHING .. This is unbelieveable .. My car has been down for almost 3 months . First the Mcleod Disc Explodes now their piece of **** master isn't working for 300 Dollars this thing should COME PRE-BLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <img border="0" alt="[Banging Head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[guns]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_guns.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[fight]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_punch.gif" /> <img border="0" alt="[judgement]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_judge.gif" />
Re: Mcleod Master sux! I just installed one over the weekend I couldnt get the dam thing bleed either. I was bleeding it the normal way pump the clutch several times and on the your last pump hold the pedal down while the slave bleeder was open for a second then close it and pull the pedal up. I did this for close to 5 hours on an off. Finally I just disconnect the braided line from the slave had a freind hold the pedal down while i pushed in on the braided line end to let fluid out. I did this about 10 times reconnected it back to the slave and had pedal pressure instantly. I still went ahead and bleed it some more thru the slave. All is working great now.
Re: Mcleod Master sux! I bench bleed mine and still had air in the line.So I pulled the line off the slave and put the metal line in a glass of brake fluid with a screw in there to open the valve and then used a vacuum pump at the resivor and pulled the fluid up threw the Master.This got all the air out.Then I pluugged it back in and pumped the peddle,held down and bleed the slave.Did that twice.Now I have absolutly no air in the system.Never had this setup work so good since I got it 6 months ago.
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Re: Mcleod Master sux! </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by FigsZ28:
<strong>I just installed one over the weekend I couldnt get the dam thing bleed either. I was bleeding it the normal way pump the clutch several times and on the your last pump hold the pedal down while the slave bleeder was open for a second then close it and pull the pedal up. I did this for close to 5 hours on an off. Finally I just disconnect the braided line from the slave had a freind hold the pedal down while i pushed in on the braided line end to let fluid out. I did this about 10 times reconnected it back to the slave and had pedal pressure instantly. I still went ahead and bleed it some more thru the slave. All is working great now.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So how did u get the braided end to to open? Did u press in the center of the hose? or on the outside...
<small>[ December 08, 2002, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: shadowSS ]</small>
<strong>I just installed one over the weekend I couldnt get the dam thing bleed either. I was bleeding it the normal way pump the clutch several times and on the your last pump hold the pedal down while the slave bleeder was open for a second then close it and pull the pedal up. I did this for close to 5 hours on an off. Finally I just disconnect the braided line from the slave had a freind hold the pedal down while i pushed in on the braided line end to let fluid out. I did this about 10 times reconnected it back to the slave and had pedal pressure instantly. I still went ahead and bleed it some more thru the slave. All is working great now.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">So how did u get the braided end to to open? Did u press in the center of the hose? or on the outside...
<small>[ December 08, 2002, 10:38 PM: Message edited by: shadowSS ]</small>
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Re: Mcleod Master sux! you've got to bench bleed the ever loving CRAP out of it i sware i didnt get any pedal pressure at all when i first installed it we took it back out cause we thought it was defective....bench bled it for atleast a half hour and it FINALLY got pedal pressure....its worked flawlessly ever since...
Originally Posted by Slowhawk
I bench bleed mine and still had air in the line.So I pulled the line off the slave and put the metal line in a glass of brake fluid with a screw in there to open the valve and then used a vacuum pump at the resivor and pulled the fluid up threw the Master.This got all the air out.Then I pluugged it back in and pumped the peddle,held down and bleed the slave.Did that twice.Now I have absolutly no air in the system.Never had this setup work so good since I got it 6 months ago.
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Originally Posted by Threesixes
You my friend, have helped to restore my sanity! I have been trying to get my Mcleod master bled since last night. I was up until 2am last night and tried for most of the day to get that POS bled. I couldnt even get the beginning of a pedal.I had no helper, so the whole way was a pain. So after bench bleeding it, pulling it out again to re-bench bleed, I did the screw/glass jar trick (while the whole POS was out of the car), and I instantly had a working clutch again. I finally got to test my Patriot Heads and CheaTR cam. Shifter even went right in on the high RPM 2-3 shift. I went from about to go postal, to happy as hell, and I owe it all to you. Well, maybe not but I do owe you a huge thank you
Glad my advise from 3 years ago worked for you Nowaday's I have a custom pump setup that works everytime.Takes me less than 5 minutes to get all the air out
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Originally Posted by Slowhawk
Glad my advise from 3 years ago worked for you Nowaday's I have a custom pump setup that works everytime.Takes me less than 5 minutes to get all the air out