MetallicaMatt

iTrader: (19)

I just put in a new slave, and stainless hardlines on my '04 GTO

I put in an FBody slave, but swaped in the GTO fitting (TONS of people do this). I DID NOT change the bleeder valve because they were EXACTLY the same.


I put everything back together, EVERYTHING, exhaust etc etc etc. Go to put my 7/16" socket on the bleeder valve...and it wont fit!! The thing is too close to the aluminum casting to get a socket on it! WTF

okay, lets put a wrench on it...all of the wrenchs are too long and so I had to cut one down to about 2" long...great, got on the bleeder finally...

now I can't get enough leverage to break it loose since I was an Idiot and tightened it too much! Plus I basically have ZERO leverage with that small of a wrench

I and try pry bars and everything, just cant get on it


said f*ck it and put fluid in the resevor.....and it didn't drain down...since the system is close (even pumping the peddle) it wouldn't take down any fluid


WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW? LOL

I'm so frustrated it's comical.


There is an AN fitting on my new lines before the bell housing....can i disconnect it there, let all of the lines and the master fill with fluid and then reconnect....pump the master and would that fill the slave? I know I would have major air in the lines (which I can't bleed out)

Does this mean I have to go spend $60 on a MityVac at NAPA? Would that even work? The hole in the resevor on the GTO is TINY


But I think once I get fluid in the master cylinder, then I can force it into the slave and work the air up towards the resevor



or am I totally screw, and have to take everything back apart, notch the bellhousing and transmission so it'll fit the socket


ohhhh i hope someone has some advice because I'm about ready to loose it!

Viper

iTrader: (6)

"Go to put my 7/16" socket on the bleeder valve...and it wont fit!! The thing is too close to the aluminum casting to get a socket on it!"

I've read most people have to buy a thin walled 7/16" from sears/craftsman to do it.

MetallicaMatt

iTrader: (19)

yeah but earlier in the week before I pulled everything apart, I could use a 3/8" socket

now even my 1/4" socket wont fit

vetteboyc5

iTrader: (9)

a mighty vac should work, Next time spent the 60 bucks and get a remote bleeder.

MetallicaMatt

iTrader: (19)

I hope so!

I'm going to put the remote bleeder the next time I have the trans out (hopefully not for awhile)


does $60 for a MityVac (the plastic one!) sound right? NAPA has one.

vetteboyc5

iTrader: (9)

i paid 35 for mine at orlileys go look elsewhere

LS1C5Vette

iTrader: (11)

I dont think the mityvac is going to work on this one, I just dont see how but I could be wrong.

tici

iTrader: (1)

Same problem here, I had to fabricate my own tool

MetallicaMatt

iTrader: (19)

did you grind down your socket?

I brought one of my cheap china sockets into work today, I'm going to chuck it up on a lathe and turn it down a bit

tici

iTrader: (1)

The handle is from a cheap wrench, the socket is from a tubular wrench.
I first tack-welded both pieces togehter, went under the car, adjusted the angle and then welded it completely.

It's pretty ugly but it fits!

By the way: we don't have tubular wrenches in inches over here, so I filed the slave cylinder plug a little to fit a 11 mm wrench

lt1camaro95

On my TA, I cut an access panel by the gas pedal to get access to it. Really easy to bleed, but hydro fluid squirting under the carpet smells funny.

taws6m6

iTrader: (37)

i would probably make the hole too before i took all that **** out again

smokeum99ta

iTrader: (15)

Holesaw a hole in the floorboard under the carpet where the bleeder is and find a plug that fits the hole you just made at a hardware store. This way you can bleed it by yourself also.

racer77ss

cut a hole in the floor by the gas pedal, i used a drimel and cut a door so i can bend it back when im done

MetallicaMatt

iTrader: (19)

took a socket on the lathe at work, turned it down, fits like a dream

problem solved