............. I'll stick to the FSM... -Rolf
On 11/20/2010 08:31 AM, Dillon, Meade M CIV SPAWARSYSCEN-ATLANTIC, 53310 wrote:
Curt, Try this before anything else: self-bleed the clutch! Put the car into first gear, pointed in a safe direction to start driving (i.e. out into the street, hopefully with no traffic or very light traffic). Let out clutch pedal, and don't touch it for the next five minutes. Ensure MC reservoir is full full full! Glow, and start the car, leaving the transmission in gear. Drive around in first gear for five minutes or so. After a couple of minutes, gingerly test the clutch pedal for firmness - if it goes to the floor, be prepared to pull it back to upright position (it will not self-bleed if pedal depressed, must be in upright position to open the port in the MC to allow fluid to freely flow to/from the reservoir). Check the MC reservoir when done to see if you need to top it up. You may need to start the car in neutral and let it warm up a bit before trying this to make sure it will start in gear. Reverse would bleed just as well except not as easy to drive around in reverse for five minutes. I've successfully used this method on a 123 and a 201, and I've never had to use the "official" method of hooking a hose between front right brake caliper and clutch slave bleeder, opening both bleeders, and then pump the brakes to circulate fluid through the clutch circuit. -Max ________________________________ From: mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com on behalf of Curt Raymond Sent: Thu 11/18/2010 7:11 PM To: Diesel List Cc: Dwight Giles Subject: [MBZ] Clutch bleed procedure? Anybody happen to know the procedure to bleed the clutch on a '78 240D? I messed around with mine today, the master cylinder was the issue. I figured that after I pulled the slave and realized the one in the car was better than the one from my parts car... The plunger at the top of the master came out of the cylinder when I took it out, pretty good hint eh? I can also see where its been leaking. I got the replacement (from my parts car, hurray for a parts car!) in and have gotten it to the point where it'll at least self return but before going any farther I wanted to check in. It seems like it'd bleed just like brakes, have somebody pump the clutch a bunch, then hold it down and open the bleeder. Sound right? That bleeder is a BASTARD to get at... -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com<http://www.okiebenz.com/> For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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