zukirider21
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- Ford
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I'm sure we're all aware that the clutch on our rangers is a pain to bleed. I found out the hard way. I forgot to bench bleed the master, and realized after everything was put together and I was ready to test drive it. I havent heard of this technique before (hence why I'm posting it), but I pulled it out of my ass and it worked damn good. I thought it was kind of creative haha. Maybe it will help someone (tech library maybe?). Instead of pulling the stupid thing back out, I bled everything below it as usual (gravity of course, but had no pedal at all), then filled the reservoir with fluid, and put the diaphragm and cap on. I then took a short section of inverted flare 3/16" brake line, and put one end on the little nub for the vent hole in the cap (taper makes a nice seal on it), and sucked on the other end. the diaphragm constricted and drew the bubbles into the reservoir, where they floated to the top. i then released the vacuum on the reservoir and the void in the master sucked in straight fluid. I did that a few times and the clutch was good to go
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