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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 02:41 PM
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Can any one tell me where to bleed the Hydralic Clutch on my 1999 Trans Am.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 03:12 PM
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crawl under your car. find where bell housing meets tranny. about 10 or 11 oclock on the tranny is the bleeder valve.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 04:48 PM
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Any chance it could be missing. I have reached to the top of the tranny and no bleeder valve.
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 04:50 PM
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Anyone know a link to cutting a hole to get at bleed valve?
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Anyone know a link to cutting a hole to get at bleed valve?
here ya go.....

https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-tr...-yourself.html
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 10:26 PM
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I did this in mine and it has been a time saver! I was busting my knuckles bare trying to do it from under the car.
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So after spending considerable time finding and bleeding the clutch. I have found that the clutch is fine until I start the car then the pedal goes straight to the floor and stays there until i take my and and rapidly pump it back up. Then its good for one shift and back to the floor. Does this mean bad slave? Please help!
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Not sure if you know about the clutch master cylinder on 98-00 f-bodys. But they are trash. Most likely you need a new master cylinder if you havent replaced the stock one. If I was you I would NOT go back to the factory master because you will just have the same problem. Take a look at the "Tick" Clutch Master cylinders. They are a bit pricy but well worth it.
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I dont know if this helps at all. But this was my problem
https://ls1tech.com/forums/manual-tr...l#post12667777
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Originally Posted by camAro242
Anyone know a link to cutting a hole to get at bleed valve?
Not sure if you wound up cutting the hole or not, but if you'd like one of the remote bleeders I have one that has never been used for sale. PM me...
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Not sure if you wound up cutting the hole or not, but if you'd like one of the remote bleeders I have one that has never been used for sale. PM me...
i installed one of those remote bleeders when i had my clutch swapped out. i advise everyone to do the same... it makes bleeding the clutch 100x easier
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i installed one of those remote bleeders when i had my clutch swapped out. i advise everyone to do the same... it makes bleeding the clutch 100x easier
just as easy to do drill mod and its free lol. Except i had to cut my poor car but she did loose.00003lbs its win/lose/win
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just as easy to do drill mod and its free lol. Except i had to cut my poor car but she did loose.00003lbs its win/lose/win
one of the benefits to the remote bleeder, besides not having to cut the car up, is that you can just attach a hose to it (or a mityvac), so it makes clutch bleeding a clean job. plus, there is no opening/closing a bleeder gymnastics act with every pump. it just has a speed bleeder on the end, so you just pump the pedal and keep checking the res.
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Default try this
http://performanceworks1.com/ls1_clutch_bleeding.htm this is the oldest trick in the bookI am suprised that it hasnt surfaced yet,try it it works
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thanks for all of the help guys, we got my brothers car bled and its the clutch that is causing the problem
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