I heard that they were self bleeding ?

 

his clutch master cylinder was cracked and air kept getting into the sytsem. So if you have a bad mc you can get air in the system which would not allow proper engagement/disengagement and result in difficulty shifting. Moisture in the system would be nearly as bad. I do not think it is a self bleeding system but gravity certainly is a big aid since it practically straight up and down. You can also look in your Chilton's and read about the bleeding procedure and there is a bleed screw on the slave cylinder just for that purpose. Not self-bleeding.

Jerry

 

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha whooo hahaha. Whooo boy, that was funny.

I'm sorry, I know it wasn't meant to be funny, but the Ford truck hydraulic clutch system is not only NOT self bleeding, it can be one of the most difficult systems to bleed you've ever seen. Top notch mechanics have been admitted to insane asylums after trying to bleed them. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. The widely accepted trick that usually works is to "jackrabbit" the pedal, rather than just pump it, while bleeding. Wow. I've seen guys break things in anger after spending half a day trying to bleed these, even with a power bleeder. There is no absolute reason as of yet for the difficulty, but I assure you, it exists.

I'm sorry Matt. I wasn't laughing at you, it was just funny.

Take care,
-Chris

 

LMAO !!!.......i have never heard of a self bleeding anything other then the cuts i get on a daily basis ....lol

 

Chris et al,

don't worry - no hurt feelings here. Piddling with cars and trucks is a hobby for me, I enjoy learning and working on them...

but relatively, I don't know a lot.

When I get a vehicle, the first thing that I do is pick up a Chiltons on it... I haven't done that yet with this truck so these boards are where I get my stuff.



all my questions/worries about this clutch fluid thing come from this: My last truck was an 1989 ranger that has 180,000 miles on the original clutch. Fluid has never been bled. Fluid has never been added. I know that for fact.

That may not seem like great maintenance - but hey-I got 180k on the factory clutch!

yeah, now that I think about it, they sell those entire Phoenix systems for bleeding hydraulic clutches...

thanks for the help,
Matt

by the way, you could have just laughed - but the BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha whooo hahaha, that was unneccesary...j/k

 

You should have seen it before I edited it.

My truck has the original clutch, but I'm only at 65k miles. It shows no signs of going, but then again, that's the way hydraulic clutches work. I have added fluid, but not much. Haven't had to bleed it.

Take care,
-Chris

 

Well, ever since i got my truck a few months ago it hasn't wanted to go into first half the time or reverse, i have to literely shove it into gear, anybody know what this is?

 

does the pedal feel normal or spongy?