bert travel

[fastford]

i had a problem like this one time, the clutch was engaging rite at the floor, i bled and bled and no change, then i decided it was the servo in the trans, maybe it had to much clearance, but it was fine. finaly i checked the master cylinder and found the piston was sticking and not comming all the way back when i let off the pedal, i took it apart and cleaned it good and it was fine, yours may be different but something to think about

[dfhotlm33c]

well it's not going to the floor..when the person pumped the pedal five times quickly, and then I popped the bleeder screw, he said the pedal went much further and actually hit the floor. So, I think it's ok. My only concern now is how it seems to not release the clutches when I release the pedal before shifting to neutral then high...

[rmrc]

When we've had a problem bleeding either a clutch or brake system we've developed a trick. Pump the pedal very rapidly 6-8 times and then release the pedal and wait for 10-15 seconds. Do not open the bleeder! Repeat several times. Every time you do this small amounts of air will be swept back into the master cylinder. You should notice that every time tou repeat this, the pedal will get slightly better.

[merc123]

I take back what I said. Buddies tranny is getting clutches rebuilt. He borrowed one with new clutches and that thing has maybe 1" of travel before engaging. Feels hard almost immediatly. Guessing if it goes down to floor and everything is bled right then it's probably clutches being too worn. Drive ability was night and day. Mine is hard to get started but the new one was cake.