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MorganS13 · 10-27-2002, 04:53 PM

alright well i was having problems with my clutch and i narrowed it down to between my slave and master cylinders.  my question is how exactly do i tell which one is bad other than looking for visible leaks?  i already purchased a slave cylinder ($20 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> ) since it was cheaper but other than installing this and seeing if it works, i don't know how to tell if its the master cylinder instead ($60+$65 core  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> )...

also can someone whos replaced their clutch slave cylinder give me a walk through of how to replace it and bleed the system.  i have a shop manual and its really straightforward (remove old one, replace with new one, bleed system) but i wanna make sure its really that simple. also how hard is the cylinder to get to from under the car using jackstands?  thanks  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

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msg · 10-29-2002, 01:20 AM

from my experience, its best to replace both if you're replacing ne of them.  they work hand in hand almost, so you might as well replace both because if you leave the other one in there, it too will probably fail soon enough.

MorganS13 · 10-29-2002, 07:10 AM

yea i just took at look at them last night and its definitely my master cylinder that blew its seal, theres no fluid in the resevoir and theres some under the pedal.  i already bought a slave and just went and ordered a master and i'll be installing them tommorw if i get a jack and all goes right...

Alias · 10-29-2002, 07:19 AM

I only paid $22 each for them <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt='

'> Learn from my mistakes. If it won't bleed by the bleeder vavle, crack the line open a little on the master cylinder after pumping it, when holding the peddle in.

10-27-2002, 04:53 PM	#1
MorganS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 707 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	alright well i was having problems with my clutch and i narrowed it down to between my slave and master cylinders.  my question is how exactly do i tell which one is bad other than looking for visible leaks?  i already purchased a slave cylinder ($20 <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':thumbsup:'> ) since it was cheaper but other than installing this and seeing if it works, i don't know how to tell if its the master cylinder instead ($60+$65 core  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/hmmm.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':hmmm:'> )... also can someone whos replaced their clutch slave cylinder give me a walk through of how to replace it and bleed the system.  i have a shop manual and its really straightforward (remove old one, replace with new one, bleed system) but i wanna make sure its really that simple. also how hard is the cylinder to get to from under the car using jackstands?  thanks  <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''>

10-29-2002, 07:19 AM	#4
Alias Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Piqua,OH Posts: 229 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	I only paid $22 each for them <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=''> Learn from my mistakes. If it won't bleed by the bleeder vavle, crack the line open a little on the master cylinder after pumping it, when holding the peddle in.

10-29-2002, 01:20 AM	#2
msg Leaky Injector Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 54 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	from my experience, its best to replace both if you're replacing ne of them.  they work hand in hand almost, so you might as well replace both because if you leave the other one in there, it too will probably fail soon enough.

10-29-2002, 07:10 AM	#3
MorganS13 Zilvia Addict Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 707 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	yea i just took at look at them last night and its definitely my master cylinder that blew its seal, theres no fluid in the resevoir and theres some under the pedal.  i already bought a slave and just went and ordered a master and i'll be installing them tommorw if i get a jack and all goes right...