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Old 10-31-2004, 05:43 PM
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Thanks Rick. I do have a fair amount of rod movement. It just apparently isn't enough. I bled the system yesterday and it seemed to work great for a few minutes, then gradually stopped working (well). It got progressively worse as I messed with it today. Not matter what I did, there seemed to be plenty of air in the system despite the fact that I was pulling fluid from the reservoir. Is it THAT hard to get trapped air out of one of these things? I've purged all the DOT 5 out of the system and replaced it with DOT 3. There is a fair amount of pressure on the slave piston as I had to extend the rod a bit (loading the pressure plate) in order to get the clutch to release sufficiently. Air has got to be getting into the system somehow, but it isn't leaking any fluid. Is the possible?
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