HELP! 97 Honda Accord. Replaced master cylinder and clutch slave. Been bleeding since yesterday and still no pedal...
Did the hose in the can, checked the line to the pedal, checked all lines going in and out and no leakage any where...

When bleeding pumping clutch slowly from 4 to 10 times, releasing bleeder, either nothing comes out or a trickle of fluid comes out. This has been happening since yesterday.

Any ideas as to why this still isnt working???

 

OK so maybe I need to remove the slave from the body and do it that way?

 

If you don't have a vacuum bleeder, get a friend to help. Just pumping the pedal without opening the bleeder doesn't do much good. Make sure the master cylinder is full. Have your helper depress the clutch pedal. Open the bleeder on the slave cylinder. Close the bleeder. If the clutch pedal remains on the floor (likely at first), have your helper pull the pedal up slowly. Repeat this process until the clutch operates correctly.

 

yea when bleeding the clutch fluid make sure the master cylinder fluid doesnt get too low so air doesnt get into the system.

 

how long have you been pumping the pedal for. make sure you pump the pedal until you feel it begin to resist, then bleed it, this can take up to 10 minutes pumping on a completely empty line. pump by hand first.

 

on the other hand if you ended up like me . you might have to carry it to an shop to be vacuum bleed . i did mine for an week every day after work bottle after bottle and got nothing .man was i pissed . took it ot the local import shop . they only charged me an hour labor.they were cool

 

the issues you're having is the parts are new and there is massive amounts of air in the slave and master cylinders.

To save you all that headache you could have had both (slave and master) bench bled before you installed them.

Like stated in the other post, pump pedal 4 to five times, hold pedal (use a stick if no helper is around) Open bleed bolt let air purge and keep repeating the process. Also remember to keep master cylinder full with brake fluid. shouldn't take no more then 45 minutes