I have a 94 Honda Civic Si that I recently did a GSR swap to. On my way home from work the other morning my clutch went to the floor and the car stayed in gear. I look under the hood and the rubber hose that runs to the hard lines was leaking fluid.

I replaced the line with a goodridge line and gravity bled the master cylinder as I was by myself and still have no clutch pedal. I used a camera and pumped the pedal by hand and the rod is not moving the clutch fork. A friend replaced the slave cylinder while I was at work the month before and I can't seem to find any leaks from the master or slave cylinder.

Not sure what the problem would be but any help is appreciated.

 

If you replaced the line and theres still no preasure its because its not bled correctly. Top off the resivour with fluid. connect a hose from the nipple on the bleeder into a bottle, pump the clutch manually a few times and use a big bar like a jack handle and brace the pedal to the floor, open the 10mm bleeder and let the air and fluid out untill the pedal preasure is very hard and theres a steady streem of fluid and no air coming out the bleeder. keep an eye on the resivour fluid to make sure it doest go empty when your bleeding it.

Double check the slave ball joint is attached to the clutch fork and operating correctly.

 

I would suggest investing in a mityvac vacuum bleeder. You can pick a kit up fairly cheap at your local parts store, and its invaluable. The fluid in a bottle thing is a good way to do it, but I could never get it to work for me lol. You can use the vacuum bleeder for more things than when you do master/slave cylinder work including brakes, headgasket, gas line work, among other things. But get one of those, fill your fluid reservoir, open the 10mm bleed screw, and put the vacuum bleeder on it and pump away. Youll pull pure fluid through without any air.

 

It takes two to properly bleed your clutch fluid. Open the bleeder on the slave cylinder until it starts dripping.

Have someone sit in the car.

You open the the bleeder.

Have the person depress the pedal and keep it down.

Close the bleeder.

Have the person lift the pedal.

Repeat until full bled.

*You can do this yourself, but its a lot of running around.

 

?? It takes one person to bleed a clutch. The pedal doesn't return itself from the bottom of the travel.

I use an old brake fluid bottle and a vacuum hose as a 1 man bleeder for brakes and clutches. But for a clutch, you don't even *need* that.

OP, you probably need to bleed your clutch. Use the 1 man method. The 2 man method takes too long....and too many men.

I'm so lonely :'(

 

It most certainly does not. See this post in my build thread. Complete DIY (emphasis on YOURSELF) how-to.

 

You just contridicted your self!

I rest my case!

 

fk you guys XD.

I got lost in my train of thought.

Good catch.

 

hahaha

 

I tried gravity bleeding it myself and that did not work. I also tried holding the clutch pedal in with a Christmas tree haha it wasn't quite long enough. I finally gave up and called my dad to come over and pump the clutch and hold it in.

 

gravity bleeding didnt work because it can't in this application.