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Old 09-21-2016, 08:24 AM
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I replaced my slave cylinder and clutch master cylinder with an adjustable tick unit. Car drives and shifts good. No pedal sticking to the floor like it was previously doing.
So far I've put about 3500 miles on it. I check the clutch master reservoir about once a week. Thing is the fluid has a slight tint of dark in it already. Surprised me considering I haven't even gone 4000 miles yet.

I sucked it all out of the reservoir added fresh prestone dot4 brake fluid and bled all the nasty out, the tick speed bleeder makes this task easy but still thought the fluid should stay cleaner longer than it did. I do drive the car pretty hard at times, maybe that's what's causing it to get dirty so fast.

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Old 09-21-2016, 04:05 PM
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Not sure if Vette is same, but on some cars, the rubber seals in the master or slave very quickly start to deteriorate, and turn the fluid dark in short order. This doesn't mean the rate of deterioration is fast--they can last for years--they just start deteriorating soon.



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