[DeTomaso] Air in clutch system

[asajay at asajay.com]

Sounds more like a job for ATE Super Blue and a pressure bleeder.   
Summit carries the Motive pressure bleeders:

http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?Ntt=pressure+bleeder&N=700+400590+115+215&Ntk=KeywordSearch

Asa Jay

Quoting Dan Courtney <dfcex at pacbell.net>:

> Paul,
>
> I just lightly sanded the slave, it wasn't too bad.
> Good tip on the food coloring, and I'll also try your system on closing the
> bleeder.
> We finally got all the air out, but it took about 100 pumps.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
> Dan F. Courtney
>
> La Jolla, CA
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> (858) 551-5455 Phone
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "P. Rimov" <rimov at charter.net>
> To: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at excaliburre.com>
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Air in clutch system
>
>
>> The following is probably not helpful, but, I have nothing else I feel
>> like doing this evening.  I always tighten the bleeder valve while my wife
>> is slowly engaging the clutch on the final pump after I am comfortably
>> sure there is no air in the system.  I also use a drop of food coloring in
>> the master before bleeding to know when I have bleed the entire line stem
>> to stern. Did you hone the slave? If you over honed the slave it may be
>> pulling air in but may not appear to be leaking at the piston.
>>
>> Cheers tiny bubbles
>>
>> Paul
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at pacbell.net>
>> To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 7:26 PM
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Air in clutch system
>>
>>
>>> Last time out The Winged Warrior shifted well for a couple of miles, then
>>> wouldn't shift. Allot of tiny bubbles.
>>> I then re-built the slave cylinder and bled the heck out of the system
>>> (this time a cute blonde in high heels) but then drove a couple of miles
>>> and, lo and behold, those Don Ho bubbles again.
>>> Could there be something sucking air into the system, or the blonde
>>> didn't pump hard enough?
>>>
>>> Dan
>>> Dan F. Courtney
>>>
>>> La Jolla, CA
>>>
>>> (858) 551-5455 Phone
>>> (858) 551-5456 Fax
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