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Okay heres what happend..I was drving..everything was fine...it started to get harder to shift..then I could shift no longer..I had to shift to 1st when the car was off and then drive that way till i got home...Filled the hydraulic clutch resovor...pumped the clutch a few times then looked under the car and there was a puddle. After a few hrs the resivor was bone dry. The fuild seemed to be coming out the bell housing. So the question is...do you think its the master or slave cylinder thats bad? I figure its not the clutch cause it shifts fine when the car is off.
Thanks
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Originally posted by hockeyman: The master cylinder has nothing to do with the clutch, it's for the brakes only. Your problem lies within the slave cylinder. Time to replace it.
-Marc
Sorry, but that doesn't make any sense. If you don't have a master cylinder, how are you going to apply pressure to the system to get a force at the slave cylinder?
The clutch system does have a master cylinder. You have a master cylinder for brakes and one for the clutch system, as both are hydraulic.
If the fluid is leaking from the bell housing, it is probably not leaking from the master cylinder, unless it's running all the way down the line. If it is leaking from the slave cylinder, you'll have to remove the transmission to replace it.
I was talking about the master cylinder from the braking system being different from the clutch hydraulic system. Yes, the slave cylinder has it's own hydraulic system, but it has nothing to do with the master cylinder for your brakes.
Originally posted by hockeyman: I was talking about the master cylinder from the braking system being different from the clutch hydraulic system. Yes, the slave cylinder has it's own hydraulic system, but it has nothing to do with the master cylinder for your brakes.
-Marc
Right, it has nothing to do with the brakes, but there is still a master cylinder for the clutch. There is a Master/Slave for the brakes, and Master/Slave for the clutch.
Check your bleeder screw to see if it's loose. It's right above where the hydralic line goes into the bell housing.
Find out where the leak is before you go replacing things. You might replace something you did not need to.
I've been looking for the bleeder screw..I found the steel line..but couldn't find any bleeder screw...The leak itself is dripping from the center of the bellhousing/tranny connection.
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Originally posted by The Hunted: I've been looking for the bleeder screw..I found the steel line..but couldn't find any bleeder screw...The leak itself is dripping from the center of the bellhousing/tranny connection.
I have a 97, I am not sure if it's in a different place on the 98+ cars. It's actually a bolt with a hole in the middle of it. It's right above the hydralic line. Sticks out of it's own hole. If it's loose fluid could leak down inside the bellhousing. I think a 10MM open wrench fits on it (i forget the size so I could be wrong). it's about 3 inches above the hydralic line hole on the bellhousing. Also, make sure your hydralic line quick connect (large cylinder where the hydralic hose goes into the bell housing) is securely on. Put some hydralic fluid in the resovor and have someone push on the clutch while you are under the car (make sure you have the car secure) see if you can see any squirting. Make sure it's not running down the hydrolic line and leaking into the bellhousing. If it's neither one of those, you'll have to pull off the bellhousing to see where the leak is coming from.
Originally posted by Linxs: Check your bleeder screw to see if it's loose. It's right above where the hydralic line goes into the bell housing.
Find out where the leak is before you go replacing things. You might replace something you did not need to.
Listen to this man, he knows some stuff on these 3.8 clutch systems. We had a hell of a time with his. [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]
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