Im trying to get the clutch to work and arent getting anywhere.

A few months back I was driving down the road and all of a sudden I couldnt change gears. Since then I have changed the slave cylinder (as it was old and rusty) and tinkered with everything else.. but havent had any luck changing gears - when the cars idling. When the engine isnt running I can change gears.

When I bleed the clutch, all air seems to come out, but I have no pressure at the pedal.

I am having trouble interpreting the instructions in the manual too.. grrrr

depress clutch? is that when I push in the clutch?

Can you tell me if I am adjusting the clutch throwout stop correctly?
- take the spring off of the operating lever
- I press the clutch in
- I pull the lever away from the engine - as far as it can go
- I then adjust the throwout stop until it just touches the cover boss
- I take my foot off of the clutch
- I tighten the throwout stop 1 flat
- I tighten the locknut

Can you tell me if I am adjusting the operating lever correctly
- take the spring off the lever
- pull lever away from the engine - as far as it can go
- using the feeler gauge I ensure that the gap between the adjusting bolt and lever is 0.50mm

Does the order I adjust things matter? I assume I have to adjust the clutch throwout stop first.

To bleed the clutch I...
- pump the clutch and press it to the floor
- undo and then tighten slave cylinder nipple quickly to remove air
- do the above 2 instructions until all air is gone

When I do this the clutch pedal still has no pressure.

Thanks

Jason

before you start, replace the flexable clutch hose, it will be old and crappy and they tend to break down internally and cause all sorts of problems, they are cheep as, but well worth it. it just means one less thing that can be a problem.

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for the time being - remove those nuts completely.... a lot of people will say leave them off altogether

yep, but don't worry about keeping a gap, just keep adjusting it out until you get pedal pressure, to make sure your clutch works...


as long as you're keeping the pedal pressed to the floor when you open the bleed nipple - fluid should squirt out with a fair bit of pressure, it'll be pretty obvious if there is air in it.. best to have 2 people for the job.



good plan.... when you go to replace the flexible hose, take the metal pipe out of the top of the master cylinder and put the bleeder from the slave cylinder in the master cylinder, then check the pedal - it should be rock solid - if not, then your master cylinder is suspect

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