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jnoshea:
Hi Guys,

Well, it seemd like the clutch damper was on its way out so I planned to change it when I got back from Sweden last Thursday.  In the meantime I ask Vicky to top up the master cylinder reservoir if it got too low.  It turns out that while she's got a damn good feeling that Dexron III probably wasn't what she should put it in she nevertheless decides to check with the builders converting our loft...they say it's probably fine  :cry:

So having fitted a new damper, the system is hugely contaminated with Dexron III which is refusing to mix with the DOT3 at all and has turned into a black sludge.  Tried bleeding it to flush it through with the old 'two man' method but the Dexron III is too sludgy to push through the system properly.   The best solution I know is to get a new master and slave and remove the enitre system for a damn good clean in a variety of solvents.  The reality is that we're off on holiday on Saturday and I don't really have time.

I'm off now to Halfords to get 5 litres of DOT3 and an Eezy-bleed to see if flushing it through will get us anywhere. If not, it's new cylinders. Anyone like to estimate how long it will take me to change the master and slave?

Wanderer:
James,
If you're intending to a lot of off road stuff or driving somewhere with lots of hills I'd use DOT4. I managed to boil DOT3.

The clutch slave and master cylinder are pretty straight forward and shouldn't take long. Make sure you get the correct slave. Mine is a 1993 and they changed the size of the pipe to the slave cylinder.
I'd check if the Dexron will attack the seals in the clutch cylinders although it's not as though they are as critical as brake rubbers.

Ed

Wanderer:
It's the medication  :lol:
Yours is a 95 anyway and you're using the DOT3 in the clutch doh?

Ed

jnoshea:
Well after buying one of those Gunson's eezybleed systems and trying to flush the oil out of my clutch hydraulics I found that the master cylinder wasn't able to take in any fluid.  It seems that the oil has well and truly clogged it up.  The slave seems fine, but given how bad the master turned out I guess it's only wise to change them both at the same time and clean out the pipes too.  I've ordered them from Paddocks and they'll be here tomorrow. I just hope I can change the slave without dropping that pivot link thing inside casing  :roll: Any tips?

Digsit:
Pivot link thing? :-k

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