Clutch Problem
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1st Gear
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From: Oskaloosa Iowa
Clutch Problem
I have a 94 C4 and the clutch is very soft. I am unable to shift into a gear. The car has 64,000 miles and mostly highway driven. No racing.
Does anyone have information about the possible problem?
Keith Miller
millerkrx@yahoo,com
Does anyone have information about the possible problem?
Keith Miller
millerkrx@yahoo,com
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From: 1994 LT1 Coupe 6-speed with FX3 & 2000 LS1 Vert 6-Speed with F45 Hunterdon County, NJ
Then your lucky, and gentle pumping of the pedal may bleed it --- look for bubbles to confirm air in hose and slave are floating to the top.
However, given the age it might instead be the slave and/or master which is failing.
If so, slave is relatively easy to do, master is a bit of a pain, but still doable with just some basic tools and a flexible back.
The bigger challenge will be finding the replacements. About a year ago I was able to find a really good quality cast slave made by PBR at the local Driver/FX autoparts shop, but this year when I realized I also needed a master, it was only available at NAPA.
As to bleeding, try bench bleeding the slave (and master) and be careful with the hose between master and slave, hear it is no longer available, but absent of reverse bleeding techniques, old fasion bleeding does work, just watch as the quantity of fluid in the master is small, so very easy to run it dry while bleeding (I found 3-4 bleeds, then refill worked).
