Hydraulic clutch problems

RAYR6989

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1993 CHEVROLET S-10
6 CYL
2WD
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I have a 93 chevy s10 2.8 liter v6 and am having problems bleeding the clutch it has an alan wrench bleeder on top of the slave cylinder and I have tried pumping with two people could really use help pretty fast and there is no access to bleed it with a prybar or screwdriver

Monday, March 28th, 2011 AT 4:54 AM

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HMAC300

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Try pulling the allen wrench plug and letting it gravity drain first. Meaning just fill master and let drain and see if fluid comes out along with air. If it does, then try bleeding in the normal way.

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Monday, March 28th, 2011 AT 12:49 PM

RAYR6989

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I tried gravity bleeding for over 24 hrs and the fluid level never moved and I tried pumping it and then tightening the allen plug for 2 hrs with out getting any peddle any other ideas

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Monday, March 28th, 2011 AT 8:00 PM

HMAC300

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Here is the proper way to dothis. It will be in the attachment. It's not really hard, you just need a helper.

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Monday, March 28th, 2011 AT 10:42 PM

RAYR6989

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Ok I will try that this weekend thank you

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Tuesday, March 29th, 2011 AT 8:25 AM

RAYR6989

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Ok I put a new slave cylinder in it and tried bleeding it again and I still only get about a quarter inch of peddle and then nothing else so im lost

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Monday, April 11th, 2011 AT 2:48 AM

HMAC300

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You could have a bad clutch too you know. Hopefully you have checked that out first. Also the slave has to be removed and held up per the instructions I sent to bleed it properly. This means you'll need two people or a brake bleeder to accomplish this.

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Monday, April 11th, 2011 AT 10:53 AM