ok just finished my swap and go to bleed the clutch, just as the manual dictates.........no luck can't get any pressure .........pedal goes down and stays down. so i changed the master cylinder, no change..........my question is does anyone have anymore ideas on wuts wrong?

 

hopefully you have a friend helping..have you checked for leaks in the lines?

 

yea no leaks in the line............i am gonna change the slave cylinder today if that doesn't work the guy i bought the motor from is gonna get a phone call from me

 

Mine does that, I thought it was normal. When bleeding the clutch I have to loop a string around the pedal to pull it back up.

 

is the clutch installed propperly, release bearing, disc (i installed a bully clutch and the hub was installed on the disc backwards), are you shure everything is good inside?

 

yep everything is good in there

 

Um just a reminder when the clutch line has no pressure in it it will go to the floor and stay there. You have to manually lift the pedal back up in the beginning to send the fluid and build pressure. After a while the pedal will return on its own.

 

yea i know that.............try bleeding the clutch for over an hour and going through 3 bottles of fluid.........still no clutch working

 

OKay just wanted to make sure. There are some noobs here everynow and than.

 

where did the three bottle of fluid go? it had to go somewhere...

 

does it get partial pressure at all? did you bench bleed the clutch master cylinder before you replaced it?

 

did not bench bleed the master cylinder...........the bottle of fluid went out the other end through the bleeder valve

 

Im having the same problem as this cat, although i do have some pressure, its not enough to get the car in gear. Do you have to bench bleed the master and slave cylinders?

 

the last time i changed a slave, it was a two person job and i pushed the pedal down and pulled it up with my hand, we filled the resivoire, pushed down with the bleeder open, then at the bottom of the pedal stroke we closed the bleeder. it took about four shots and it was good to go.

 

yep it was the slave cylinder got it fixed...........finally got to drive my car again, its been since thanksgiving

 

HELP -- I seem have the same problem. I changed the Slave and the Master and still no pressure in the clutch - it just drops to the floor. Any suggestions on the next thing to try?

 

Without more information, I gotta suspect you didn't bleed it properly. If you didn't bench-bleed the master, then just keep trying. Sometimes it can be difficult to get air out from the master. Sometimes if you lift the pedal too quickly, you can suck air in?? Pump smoothly in both directions.

 

Thanks Jim- I did all you suggested and was unsuccessful. After pumping the clutch (many attempts), I don't get any pressure in the clutch, and a small amount of fluid comes out the bleed. What should I try next ? Should I just take it in to a pro ?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pklaus &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Should I just take it in to a pro ? </TD></TR></TABLE>You could try reverse-bleeding it...

My Saab clutch has to be reverse bled, check out this procedure.
http://www.saabnet.com/tsn/bb/...70411

That slave cylinder is down inside the bell housing, & the brake & clutch share the same reservoir. Take that into consideration but otherwise its sorta the same.