On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 18:52:06 -0700, Sunworshipper
wrote:

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 00:04:24 GMT, Gunner
wrote:

While on my way to LA this morning, the ##!!%&!!! plastic hydraulic
line from my clutch slave to the clutch master blew out. Nifty 3/16"
hole in the side of it. No idea why it did this.

Ok..so I manage to creep up to the nearest town, and buy a piece of
3/8 gas line, some clamps and brake fluid and cut the line, and
sleeved it.

Since the Mazda/Ranger pickups use a ******* master cylinder, the
only possible way to bleed one is to lift the floor mat, pull off the
starter override switch and pop the snap ring that holds the piston
inside. This I did. I gently pulled it upwards until I got a bit of
brake fluid tricking out, then replaced everything, refilled the
reservoir, and tried the clutch. This resulted in a stream of break
fluid spewing out of the end of the master cylinder. Taking it all
back apart again, I completely removed the piston, inspected the two
cup seals, back flushed with clean brake fluid..and reassembled. Still
blew brake fluid. At this point I was screwed, so starting it in
gear, I drove back down the Grapevine , and the 40 odd miles to my
home, with no clutch.

Going around to all of the parts houses..no one stocks a rebuild kit
for the master cylinder and they all want $90USD for a new complete
cylinder assembly.

WTF??????????????

Are rebuild kits no longer available? Like I really can afford to
spend $90 for two cup seals no bigger than .5" in diameter.

#$%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gunner

How about a guess since your in trouble? Maybe the problem is with
the slave which caused the line to break form over pressure. If the
cups look ok you should be able to hold your tongue just right and get
it together without leaking till you find new parts. Maybe twist it
in.


I honed the inside of the cylinder, and twisted it in. Its working
now. At least for a while.

Plastic line that goes down under a vehicle where one rock or branch
could break it? What's this world coming to? The last pool I did had
plastic fences in the neighborhood and the one I'm on now has the top
cap of the block wall glued on with liquid nails and a sloppy job at
that.

The hole looked exactly like somone fired a BB from the inside. Really
strange.

I put a brass double ended ferral compression fitting on as a splice
and a bit of 3/16 tubing inside to compress against. Seems to be
holding pressure..so far.

Wish I could help , but even my Toy's hydraulic clutch gets me to
scratching my head at times. Once in awhile it will start acting like
I ran it out of fluid and I'll check it all out and find nothing and
then it will start working again.

It wouldnt be so bad, as the truck has 337,000 miles on it, but I put
a new master cylinder on it less than a year ago when the $%#@!!!!
slave cylinder went into meltdown. That ******* wraps around the pilot
shaft INSIDE the bell housing and carries the throw out bearing. So to
replace it, you have to drop the tranny. And its nearly all plastic
and when it goes into melt down..it really does melt down.


I figured that it was time to replace everything clutch related, so I
did.

Gunner


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