Sir,
I tried what you suggested and did get out some more air. It does feel
tighter, and altho it got a little better, it's still not good enough to
let
my wife drive the car.
I checked the brackets - they all seemed fine.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks again,
C
"R W Hughes" <rwhughe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> The hydraulic clutch is full and bled.
> No
>
> If the transmission will ****ft into a forward gear with the engine off
but
> not or only with much force when the engine is running and grinds when
> ****fting into reverse, your clutch is not releasing all the way. The
most
> common cause is incomplete bleeding although early models had problems
> with the release arm on the transaxle and even later models could have a
> bent bracket where the clutch master cylinder pushrod attaches to the
> clutch pedal. This last can be checked by looking, the pin that goes
> through the end of the rod must be exactly at right angles. If it is
> tilted a little the bracket it is mounted on is bent which reduces
clutch
> travel. Also, if you didn't push the operating rod of the slave cylinder
> all the way into the cylinder several times while bleeding it, you
didn't
> get all the air out. Typically a clutch system that needs bleeding will
> feel unusually light, the pedal is real easy to push down and the force
> needed doesn't change as you get close to the floor.
>
> --
> Robert W. Hughes (Bob)
> BackYard Engineering
> 29:40.237N, 95:28.726W or perhaps 30:55.265N, 95:20.590W
> Houston, Texas "The city with too much Oxygen"
> rwhughe@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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