Hard Time Shifting into Gears

[jsandlin]

Well I had venomous1 walk me through the bleeding process a few times to rule out the possibility that I had air in my lines. After the first attempt of about an hour bleeding I took it for a spin. It actually went into gear smooth and I was sure I must have had air in the clutch line somewhere. I went into 3rd gear and hit a wall again and it wouldn't shift at all. Did the same it did before I bled it out and smelled of clutch burning when I tried to force it into gear. I pushed the truck back to the garage and it sits there now. I'm sure this leads to the culprit being the slave. Is there a DIY on doing the upgrade? How difficult is it? Clutch was replaced 6 months ago so does it need replaced again? Any input would help.

 

[Venom Power]

After dealing with this clutch bleeding process for five or more days I finally get the air out of the system. The whole time that rubber cup/boot thingy in the reservoir was in its cup shape and I was pouring the DOT3 in that. Of course I realize today that the rubber cup has a tiny hole at the bottom which can only hinder a quicker fluid flow rate. So I poured the fluid directly into the reservoir and bled the air out that way. COOL, it worked because when I opened the valve on the tranny no more air was belching out. It was oozing fluid instead..

Just before it gets emptied I install the rubber cup in there again over the remaining fluid and fill the rubber cup. And here I go.. In the truck pumping and pumping and pumping trying to pump the little piggy's house down. But to no avail the pedal is still feeling too easy to press. Now OSO brings to my attention that the cup may not supposed to be in a cup shape, but it's supposed to be flattened and set ABOVE the fluid before closing the cap on it. OOOHHHHHHHh okaaaaaay... So I do it and now the pedal feels like it's building up some pressure. But I may have to bleed the thing again with the reservoir in this new state OSO suggested now. Well, no one said progress was easy. Hopefully this continued endeavor will get #1900 back on the road where she belongs. I'll update as this story develops.

 

[jsandlin]

Yeah I know what you mean ANT about the bleeding process. If you have 3 people it makes life easier. One watching the reservoir, one pumping the clutch pedal, and one turning the bleeder. I completely flushed mine out because I changed to synthetic and I saw that it became purple at the bleeder valve. I was able to shift after that from 1st to 2nd then hit a wall again. It has to be the slave. Im just hopeing that the clutch is still good. :dontknow: