Clutch master & switch line redo

**Discosux** · 21st November 2021, 06:19 PM

So.... The whole clutch master / switch layout is a dogs breakfast with no logical reasoning or engineering thought put into it?
It just sux. (correct me if I'm wrong)

Anyway, I'm going to relocate the switch to directly onto the the master with a male / male adaptor and some hydraulic Loctite
I'll spin it around 180 deg so the switch is up top (to aid bleeding) - (or just get rid of the thing and fit a pedal switch)
and replace the 334,001 Klm of superfluous hard line, with a short piece of custom made flex brake line - straight down to the slave.

Why is it such a stupid un-bleed able layout from factory???

And yes, I've tried a few methods to bleed the system, had an industrial vacuum hooked up, the good old pump and nipple turn, even had Kelly from the pub give it a go.

None worked, I'm sure there's a proper procedure - but it just shouldn't be that complex

**Designosaur** · 29th November 2021, 08:09 PM

Hey did you get your clutch to bleed?

I had a hell of a time doing mine but noticed a very slight amount of moisture on the solid line that goes around the back of the motor (TD5 not sure if a v8 has the same layout or even what you have). The line must have had a small rub through that was letting air in. I tried to bleed the clutch for days and there was no way it was going to bleed. So I pulled out the solid line and mixed up some JB weld and made a solid sleeve of it a couple of inches each side of where the weep was, let it dry for a couple of days and refitted. Bled up straight away after that.

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**Discosux** · 30th November 2021, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by Designosaur

Hey did you get your clutch to bleed?

I had a hell of a time doing mine but noticed a very slight amount of moisture on the solid line that goes around the back of the motor (TD5 not sure if a v8 has the same layout or even what you have). The line must have had a small rub through that was letting air in. I tried to bleed the clutch for days and there was no way it was going to bleed. So I pulled out the solid line and mixed up some JB weld and made a solid sleeve of it a couple of inches each side of where the weep was, let it dry for a couple of days and refitted. Bled up straight away after that.

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I'll definitely look into that. I had problems with the vacuum bleed sucking air in - I assumed it was sucking it in past the seals (strong vacuum pump)
The clutch line was flopping around behind the engine when I got the car, very likely something has worn.

**reefmagnet** · 30th November 2021, 07:50 AM

I had to replace my clutch master and slave because the previous owner had added, I suspect, auto transmission fluid to the brake fluid which swelled all the seals. With the new components, I used a compressed air powered brake bleeder purchased from SuperCheap. This worked fine.

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