Working on 1988 chevy Scottsdale the clutch line got a leak so I changed it and tried to bleed and nothkng. I checked to see if master cylinder was pumping and had to replace also. Dealer said he replaced slave but it doesnt really look new, it looks as old as truck. Tried bleeding again and got nothing. I suspect its the slave but the master cylinder doesnt pump out as much fluid as id believe it would. Im stumped please help.

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if you loosten the slave bleeder screw and push in the clutch pedal fluid should come out if not make sure someone holds down the pedal and tighten the screw then pump the clutch a few times and hold the pedal and open the screw if no fluid repeat a couple of times if still no fluid you need either a new master cylinder or just rebuild it( normally cheaper) and if you rebuild it make sure you flush all the lines of debris

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you dont tell me why you replaced the master,but i would say the slave needs replaced.the reason the fluid is not bleeding is because the fluid is not getting past the seals in the slave, ie slave cyclinder piston is siezed try removing it and replacing the seals,but sometimes its cheaper just to replace it good luck.adrian,,,,

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• Posted on Nov 15, 2008

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i think youre doing the right thing. they are very stubborn to bleed because the hyd. line goes up high across back of engine before droppiing back down to slave cyl., trapping air. could try to gravity bleed by opening bleeder at slave, cap off of master cyl, full with fluid then it may start to come out after a bit. then try your process again. or can try to bleed at connections further up the line, working your way back to bleeder. hope this helps. be patient.

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Your brake flexible hoses could be to blame. This is a common fault on the Escort. Have a friend press down on the brake peddle and feel the front flexible brake hoses. They should expand slightly, if this is the case then they must be replaced.

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your throwout bearing is probably bad (most likely)

Testimonial: "Thank you for your response. I will look into that possiblity as well but it was replaced along with the slave cylinder."