rmh3093

I am having clutch pedal issues. Sometimes when i get in the car the pedal is on the floor. After starting the car and pumping the clutch (which involves pulling it up manually) I get pressure back and I can shift just time. I also loose pressure sometimes going around large sweeping bends, always with bends to the right, dont think i noticed it going around a left bend. Anyway, my clutch pedal fluid is dirty as hell so I want to replace it and bleed out any air. The problem is I cant for the life of me figure out where the bleed valves are. I have the FSM but I cant figure out what the figures are depicting. Thanks for any help.

smplyamzng

Its located on the right side of the engine on top of the slave cylinder. Look for it where the tranny meets the engine

rmh3093

Alright, I figured out where the bleed points are. I flushed out all the fluid with new stuff and bled the lines following the FSM procedure. It felt great at first but then it started feeling like normal. Pedal only comes up 3/4 of the way.

Fakie J Farkerton

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Unless your fluid was very old, it shouldn't be very dark.

It could be the seals deteriorating from the slave going bad.

Double check your lines and inside the cab for fluid leaks.
If they look good, I'm guessing the slave needs replaced.

smplyamzng

1+ to Fakie

That or the clutch itself needs to be replaced

rmh3093

The clutch fluid was probably 80k miles old (I got it at 36k and have never changed it). I definitely don't have any clutch fluid on the interior of my car, the reservoir level also doesn't go down. Shifting is smooth when I have pressure.

dwapenyi

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When my clutch went my throwout bearing whistled sometimes
and the clutch pedal would get stuck to the floor occaissionally.

My mechanic showed me the original clutch. It had worn down so completely that there was barely any clutch material catching the flywheel. I know I could have resurfaced the flywheel but I replace that too.

Also replaced the slave cylinder too.

rmh3093

I really dont want to think about my clutch needing to be replaced. I've been really nice to my 6th gen (compared to what I did to my 5th gen). I rarely break with the tranny, I nearly always rev match when I down shift...

I think I need to make a distinction about my pedal. I don't think it gets stuck as much as looses pressure and falls down. I really hope its the operating cylinder.

dwapenyi

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Excellent article on clutch woes;

http://www.rangeracceleration.com/Clutch_Care.html

rmh3093

This was a very interesting article. I found a thread by ranger on another forum where they talked about this more. I will definitely be keeping a better eye on my fluid from now on. Before the first flushing there was a lot of small black particulate in the resivior. After 2 short drives the "new" fluid was already getting cloudy (but no obvious black chunks). Hopefully this will clear its self up with some more fluid changes.

rmh3093

Here is a link to a video showing the slop in the my clutch pedal:

Fakie J Farkerton

iTrader: (51)

Slave.

dwapenyi

iTrader: (3)

Your slave cylinder is shot.The seals are done so dirt gets through and dirty's up the new fluid. Because it did it so fast your seals are really really done. Replace it.

If, after replacing the slave the clutch still acts up, then it's definitely new clutch time.

rmh3093

Just took it to the stealership. They are trying to tell me that I need a new clutch, throwout bearing and flywheel. The first 2 I could see being needed but not sure why I would need a new flywheel.

hillstead22

Did you end up replacing the Clutch? I'm starting to have the same problem in my 04 but my clutch was replaced a year and half ago.....