[6spdhyperblue]

I just did this again this morning. It’s not great as you don’t get enough dirty fluid out of the clutch. I’m gonna have to up the frequency and just do outside bleeders. Don’t even need to pull the wheels. The clutch has a noticeable improvement even doing it this way. The big bottle of Lucas dot 3 synthetic quarterly. Ftw

[FollowMyLine]

Originally Posted by 6spdhyperblue

I just did this again this morning. It’s not great as you don’t get enough dirty fluid out of the clutch. I’m gonna have to up the frequency and just do outside bleeders. Don’t even need to pull the wheels. The clutch has a noticeable improvement even doing it this way. The big bottle of Lucas dot 3 synthetic quarterly. Ftw

FWIW, I had missed an inside bleeder when doing a flush a couple years ago, and ended up with a ton of air in my lines. Drive about 400 miles like that and needed to stop at a shop for an “emergency bleed” that took care of the air. I would recommend doing both bleeder valves and not just the outside.

[6spdhyperblue]

I did the inside last time. Why would I need to bleed the inside if I’m not introducing air into the lines? I’m doing it mainly to get fresh fluid to the slave cylinder. What method do you use to bleed?

[FollowMyLine]

Just precautionary. Anytime you crack a bleeder valve you run the risk of getting air in the line. Just giving you a personal experience scenario. You don’t NEED to.

[6spdhyperblue]

I appreciate it, I haven’t done it with just the outside bleeders before. Did you do the two man method. Open, Brake pedal down close, repeat? I def don’t want to deal with getting stranded

[FollowMyLine]

Originally Posted by 6spdhyperblue

I appreciate it, I haven’t done it with just the outside bleeders before. Did you do the two man method. Open, Brake pedal down close, repeat? I def don’t want to deal with getting stranded

When that happened, yes I did. I’ve since switched to a single person method using a catch bottle with a 1-way check valve. I can do all 4 corners now in about 40 minutes, once the car is up and tires are off.

[sleepys4]

Originally Posted by travislambert

I fabricated a custom cap for the clutch/brake fluid reservoir with a hookup for a vacuum pump. Then I just let the vacuum pump do the work.

I had to pump the clutch a couple times and I also gave the inline clutch valve a little shake (just above the clutch pedal). The air came right out.

(I'm thinking the GM tech manual is where I got the idea. If I remember correctly it says to hook a vacuum pump to the reservoir.)

How much vacuum did you pull? Afterwards did you have to re bleed the whole system. Trying to figure out how this works.

Thanks,

jordan