After I installed a brand new master and slave I tried to bleed the clutch like 4 times and had no luck at all. All my lines are tight, no leaks that I can see, all fittings and connections are good and tight. So now I'm getting frustrated and can't figure out wtf to do. So I did some research and found this from the "SR SWAP" thread by Sho from last week.

"Next, bleed the hydraulic clutch. This is a pretty big pain in the ass with the clutch dampening box in place. We discovered this after trying to bleed the clutch several times unsuccessfully. The clutch damper box is bolted to the underbody of the car and runs from the clutch master cylinder hard line into the clutch slave cylinder. The box is there to eliminate clutch pedal vibration and pulsation; but makes bleeding the clutch damn near impossible since it is very prone to trapping air.

To remove the box, disconnect the lines running into and then unbolt it from the chassis. Then connect the clutch hard line straight into the rubber flex line that runs into the clutch slave cylinder. Now is the time to replace the flexible rubber line with a steel braided line. We were pressed for time, so we just connected the stock rubber hose to the hard line. Remember to use a flare nut wrench on all of the hydraulic fittings. Stripping these fittings will lead to hours of additional repair. Now bleed the clutch with fresh brake fluid."


In all the manuals I read and all the threads I saw and all the research, this is the first thing I've heard about this causing a problem. I knew it was there, and hoped it wasn't the culprit, but I guess I was wrong. So tomorow I'm going to remove it I guess and try to bleed the bastard again. I see a lot of people having trouble with the clutch bleed on here, so keep that in mind next time you have to do it.

So does anyone have any experience with this? Like the problem makes sense, but why would no manuals or anything ever say anything about it...