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Originally Posted by Jeff Frigo
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Because unless you let the master cylinder suck some air by letting the reservoir go empty. Or you held the slave above the master cylinder and opened the bleeder valve. Or you have a leak in the system. There is no way air entered the master cylinder just by unbolting the slave from the transmission. Air has to be introduced somehow. Just unbolting a slave cylinder from its mounting bracket won't do it.
I've been where you are right now. Tried to bleed the slave the first time using a friend to step on the clutch pedal and then opened and closed the bleeder valve, Didn't work for me at all. Pedal went dead, and only a little bit of fluid came out. After trying three or four different times, I read on this forum about the gravity method. Opened the reservoir, put a pan underneath the slave, opened the bleeder valve and watched the old, dirty fluid drip into the pan. Refilled the reservoir three times till the fluid coming out was clear, closed the bleeder valve and everything worked perfectly!
Don't know why it worked, but it did and has for the past three years!