Been trying to bleed clutch for 3p minutes with no luck. Was curious what was going on so I disconnected the clutch line at the slave cylinder and there was no fluid present. Then disconnected the line at the clutch master cylinder, and there was also no fluid present leaking out. So no fluid even made its way out the master cylinder into the line. The reservoir as you can see has fluid. The only thing I can think of is its a bad master cylinder, which hopefully is unlikely since its new oem, or the pushrod needs adjustment? Anybody have any experience in this or suggestions? Thanks!

 

This sounds so simple and dumb but I've seen it before so I'll mention it... are you sure your helper is pumping the clutch pedal and not the brake pedal?

 

100% sure 👍. Just bled the brakes prior, then moved on to clutch. I'm thinking it's the shaft but so wierd. Sounds like I'll need to remove it, bench bleed, then reinstall. Its such a tiny reservoir that I didn't even think I'd have to bench bleed. Hopefully not a bad clutch master, I can't return now..

 

After a bunch of back and forth seems like clutch is now good. Had to remove cmc from car with line attached, brought it to the vice and pushed piston in to bench bleed, it was easy enough and fluid came right through the line. Put it back on the car for the 3rd time and bled it normally and after a while it finally worked. Still feels a little soft but went into reverse and 1st ok, might just feel like that, I'll know once I start driving it more.