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Hydraulic Master Clutch Cylinder Issues  
Warlockhunter
New User | Posts: 2 | Joined: 11/04
Posted: 11/01/04
07:08 AM

 

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If anyone could provide some insight it would be greatly appreciated. Here’s the problem. I’ve got a stock 1990 Wrangler 258/6.  I had been loosing hydraulics on my clutch. The last time this happened I replaced the hydraulic master clutch cylinder, refilled the reservoir, bled the line and all was well. That was about 3 years ago. The problem presented again about a month ago. I kept losing fluid and hydraulics. One again I replaced the hydraulic master clutch cylinder, refilled the reservoir, bled the line and all was well for about a week. The problem is back and this time the reservoir is emptying on a daily basics. I’ve rechecked my installation and it appears fine. There is no fluid leaking inside the vehicle firewall. Where else could I be losing fluid? What should I be checking for and perhaps replace. I don’t have a problem buying and replacing a component part, but I’m not sure what could be wrong. It goes without saying that I don’t want to buy unneeded parts. What are odds of the newly replaced master clutch cylinder being bad? It is a NAPA part and has a lifetime warranty. That’s for the assist. This is driving me nuts.>


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Paul Conley
User | Posts: 92 | Joined: 04/04
Posted: 11/08/04
11:40 AM

      Chances of a bad rebuilt cylinder, are petty good, went though 3 brake masters fom Auto Zone last summer, before I went back to the dealership and bought a new Bendix. What bugs me is thats a lot of fluid to loose with out having some kind of puddle someplace. The only thing I'm wondering is if your slave cylinder is bad, and you are filling up your bellhousing with oil, and the cluch is spinning it off. If its just started up again, the cluch plate may not have soaked the oil in to the point it starts slipping. Some of those inspection covers on tranies are pretty deep, and will hold a lot of fluid, before you'll see a leak. Or a pin hole leak that is leaking on your head pipe, and burning off, but thats realy reaching. What makes me think of this was a Dodge truck once that had a coolant leak we couldn't find, because it was run out on the back of the manifold and burning off, about a gallon evey two weeks, no puddle! Hope this was some help, best of luck to ya.  


 
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