Clutch pedal to the floor.

The pedal got progressivly worse over the course of 15 mins of city driving, until I had absolutly none. Starting from off in first using your starter to get you rolling sure fun in traffic, along with matching rps to shift. lol, but that is a different story.

I have no visible leakage from the master or the slave clutch cylinder. The fluid in the brake resivoir is nearly full. I'm pretty sure it is the slave, or the master that has kicked it, but is there any way to tell besides replacing one, and then the other?

Thanks!

well... you can try bleeding the clutch and see if it makes a difference.

Did you have any clutch or brake work done recently?

If there is no fluid leaking, then there is either air in the line somehow or the cylinder is toast. If you crack the line at the clutch and fluid still pumps out then you will know it is a bleeding issue. Otherwise it is likely your cylinder.

Had a look at it tonight. Tried bleeding it from the slave, but was getting very minimal output after lots of pumping. I then disconnected the master and covered the end with a rubber stopper and my thumb, and got my buddy to gently pump the clutch. It should have sprayed out, but hardly a drop came out, and you can hear squishing/sloshing coming from the master area.

After closer inspection inside I found the carpet was a bit wet with fluid too, so I fould the culprit. I'l be picking up a new clutch master cylinder tomorrow!

Rob D

New master is in, and it works great. Man there is some serious time needing to be spent to bleed your clutch from the resivoir on back. We thought we had it a couple of times, and then it would go to the floor again. 3rd time was a charm. Firm pedal, and we ran lots of brake fluid through it just to be sure all the air was out. Took 30-40 mins to bleed the damn thing.

The swap was a piece of cake, compaired to some things ive done on the escort. Battery, and battery tray were the only things needing to be removed under the hood, and under the dash, just the clutch safety switch had to be removed. After that is was out with the old and in with the new. Bleeding took the bulk of the time. Get a friend to help you do that part.

Rob D

Bleeding took the bulk of the time. Get a friend to help you do that part.

Rob D


Definately!!!!! I did mine by myself. I used a big screwdriver - I'd push the clutch pedall to the floor, and stab the screwdriver into the floor (not really) and angle it against the pedal to keep it depressed. I'd then crawl out and around to the open hood and crack the bleeder screw at the slave; tighten the bleeder and go back to the pedal. Lather, rinse, repeat...... x 30billion - LOL!:icon16:

Glad you got 'er fixed Bobby! :thumbsup:


Wade

This is where those self-bleeding and suction tools come in really handy... that job could be done in just a few minutes with the right tools!

This is where those self-bleeding and suction tools come in really handy... that job could be done in just a few minutes with the right tools!

Yeah, but where's the fun in that?? :wink: Seriously, there's no substitution for having the right tools for the job!



Wade

Heh, I was mentioning that to my buddy dave. If we had a vacuum bleeder we would be done in 3 mins. Just let it suck the fluid on through and keep topping up the reservoir. If I had to do it more than once every several years, it may be worth it :)