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My Clutch Flush Solution
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Racer
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Filling is done by pouring in fluid into the reservoir from your bottle of brake fluid.
Of course you still have to be careful, that's common sense.
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There is a bleed underneath the car, if you want to hazard it and make a mess. This is much easier and faster. Seems to get great results, too.
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OP thanks for the tips. Ive done this before & used a turkey baster, however I now see I only partially cleaned it as I did not get below the reservoir.
I will try this on the weekend!!
I will try this on the weekend!!
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It does require you to use gloves and protect the car from accidental splatters, but works really, really well from what I can tell. I just didn't realize that the flavor injector from Wallyworld was glass and broke my first one. Now I know to be more careful with it.
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Very creative method - thanks for posting the tip. Surely will help someone. 
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The fluid reservoir and the actual clutch cylinder assembly are split. The cylinder assembly is about 18 inches below and connected by a tube from the reservoir. To clean out the cylinder area directly, you have to use a tube and method that will slide down inside the connecting tube of the brake system to get to the cylinder assembly allowing you to flush out that part of the system.
There is a bleed underneath the car, if you want to hazard it and make a mess. This is much easier and faster. Seems to get great results, too.
There is a bleed underneath the car, if you want to hazard it and make a mess. This is much easier and faster. Seems to get great results, too.
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Actually I thought that most of the forum already had the best method. A remote bleeder. Best $50. I've spent on this car by far. No clutch job should ever be done without adding the remote bleed system.
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I had already done mine when I started the picture taking exercise. My wife had the camera with her, so I had to wait. I'll have to see if I can roundup my son to help with pics and do a demonstration run one evening.
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not possible... this method will clean the reservoir and that's about it... the line on the bottom of the reservoir to the clutch master is already pretty small, you would need a tiny hose to try to fish it through the bottom of the reservoir and down that line to the top of the clutch master... you could remove the drivers fender liner and remove the line from the top of the clutch master to drain the reservoir but that is just too much work for not a lot of difference in my opinion... the only way to fully replace the fluid in the system is to bleed at the slave or using a remote bleeder... there is no way you can fish a small hose through the reservoir, through the clutch master, and down the clutch line all the way to the slave... good luck with that
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not possible... this method will clean the reservoir and that's about it... the line on the bottom of the reservoir to the clutch master is already pretty small, you would need a tiny hose to try to fish it through the bottom of the reservoir and down that line to the top of the clutch master... you could remove the drivers fender liner and remove the line from the top of the clutch master to drain the reservoir but that is just too much work for not a lot of difference in my opinion... the only way to fully replace the fluid in the system is to bleed at the slave or using a remote bleeder... there is no way you can fish a small hose through the reservoir, through the clutch master, and down the clutch line all the way to the slave... good luck with that
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The fluid reservoir and the actual clutch cylinder assembly are split. The cylinder assembly is about 18 inches below and connected by a tube from the reservoir. To clean out the cylinder area directly, you have to use a tube and method that will slide down inside the connecting tube of the brake system to get to the cylinder assembly allowing you to flush out that part of the system.
There is a bleed underneath the car, if you want to hazard it and make a mess. This is much easier and faster. Seems to get great results, too.
There is a bleed underneath the car, if you want to hazard it and make a mess. This is much easier and faster. Seems to get great results, too.
I'm guessin the idea is to disconnect the tube from the reservoir and fish the tiny tube through there.....
We'll see when OP gets the pics up....
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not possible... this method will clean the reservoir and that's about it... the line on the bottom of the reservoir to the clutch master is already pretty small, you would need a tiny hose to try to fish it through the bottom of the reservoir and down that line to the top of the clutch master... you could remove the drivers fender liner and remove the line from the top of the clutch master to drain the reservoir but that is just too much work for not a lot of difference in my opinion... the only way to fully replace the fluid in the system is to bleed at the slave or using a remote bleeder... there is no way you can fish a small hose through the reservoir, through the clutch master, and down the clutch line all the way to the slave... good luck with that
You are completely wrong. The tubing outside diameter is smaller than the inside diameter of the clutch assembly tube. It slides down just fine. Others have done it too, just do a search. This is just my collection of parts to accomplish what others have already done. Hello.....