2000 Chevy Truck clutch

RMISHLER25

MEMBER
2000 CHEVROLET TRUCK
4 CYL
2WD
MANUAL
180,000 MILES

Please help, I replaced the clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing, slave cylinder, master cylinder, and tube, the clutch will work perfect one day and the next the clutch wont disengage and wont go in gear, I thought maybe the slave was faulty or some other part of the clutch kit. If I bleed the system it will work fine for another day. Im lost and and out of ideas and I really dont want to pull it apart again if there is a chance there is a possabillity its something I have missed. Please help me Thank you

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DR LOOT

MECHANIC
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The clutch master does not move enough fluid in one stroke to push the bubbles through the lines. While you are trying to get it ready for the next try the bubbles are migrating right back up the line. It's a losing BATTLE. Then there is the BMW type that has the bleeder on the bottom. The air doesn't go to the bottom. So you must turn it upside down and bleed it before you put it on. All right this the WHY. Now comes how I do it. I consider this the fast and EASY. Drill 1/8 hole right in the cap on the clutch master. Be sure and fill it up. Then Open the bleeder a little and carefully apply some air pressure with a nozzle to the cap. And shove the fluid down it's throat leaving a little in the m/c. Now how long you think that's gonna take? I can do it faster than it took to type this. YEP Y all dread putt in on clutch masterWell not any more. Oh yeah if the hole worries you well put a screw in it.