[DeTomaso] Air in clutch system

[Dan Courtney]

Paul,

The bubbles come out right away, then stop after two bleeds. Maybe a little 
fluid missing, but not much.
On the slave rebuild, I just lightly sanded the inside and replaced the 
piston.
I noticed a little fluid was inside the front of the slave, so I figured 
this was the issue.
I brought along the slave out of The Beast as a back-up and switched it out 
in the casino parking lot.
The slave piston from The Beast wasn't budging at first, then it went all 
the way out and didn't return. On the next pump the pressure blew the fluid 
line off the hose end spraying brake fluid directly in my eyes. Luckily a 
passing casino worker had a water bottle.
I took this slave out, removed the fittings to drain the fluid and still 
couldn't get the piston to move back, even while using a 17mm socket and big 
hammer. Wouldn't budge a bit.
I also brought a long throw slave I bought from Pantera Performance but it 
has a different size fitting for the hose end and I don't know quite where 
to find one here in Vegas.
I'm pretty wiped out from three days of wrenching hour after hour in this 
heat and I'm ready to go home.
I'm also out of ideas.

Dan
Dan F. Courtney

La Jolla, CA

(858) 551-5455 Phone
(858) 551-5456 Fax
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "P. Rimov" <rimov at charter.net>
To: "Dan Courtney" <dfcex at excaliburre.com>
Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 10:00 PM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Air in clutch system


> Probably obvious by now that either the Master is sucking air in through 
> the piston or a failed internal spring or the slave is pulling air in and 
> trapping it behind the plunger after each the stroke. If you were too 
> aggressive with cleaning or sanding the slave it will pull air in after 
> the stoke and accumulate air. When you go to bleed the slave are you using 
> a clear bleeder tube? I would be curious how many pumps it takes to see 
> air bubbles. If you see air bubbles right away I would bet it is your 
> slave. However, if it take many pumps to see air bubbles then I would 
> suspect your master. Another thought just crossed my mind. Are you loosing 
> any fluid between it  working find and failing? Any loss of fluid from the 
> reservoir would indicate a leak in the system.
>
> Evening
>
> Paul
>