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Old 03-21-2008, 04:02 PM
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Default Dealership "powerbleed" clutch?

I can't get all the air out of my clutch setup. I'm wondering has anyone taken their car to dealership or other mechanical place to bleed the clutch with the same method they use on brakes? Or could I buy any type of product so I can do it at home?

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Old 03-21-2008, 07:05 PM
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you can get a mighty vac hand pump on ebay usualy cheap. its not like you wont use it again.
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I'm not sure why so many people have trouble.
I had a new GM master, did the drill mod, bench bled it.
Had a new GM slave, plugged the line in and opened the bleeder for about 2 minutes, closed bleeder, pumped pedal, opened for two minutes, closed. Thats all I ever did.
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I have a mighty vac, but I still can't get all the air out I guess.
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I don't know if it matters but I had the front up in the air.

I have a mityvac and was looking thinking what a pain in the *** this is going to be, then I did what I described above, maybe I got lucky.
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I just ordered a Motive Power bleeder, hopefully this fixes my problem.




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