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09-19-02, 07:37 PM
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georgeunderwood
Bizarre slave cylinder leak
93 Ford ranger, 5 speed, 4 cylinder
Changed clutch, pilot bushing, and throwout bearing a few months ago. Did not notice you have to R&R tranny to change slave cylinder and was not having trouble with it at the time. Just worn out clutch. So didn't touch slave cylinder.
A week or two after the clutch change, clutch actuator ran out of fluid. Had to bleed and refill. This has happened 3 or 4 times since changing clutch and have pretty much determined the leak is inside tranny.
Strange thing is it only seems to leak out when sitting still for a day or three. Fluid level does not seem to change over the course of a day or two's regular driving. But then all of a sudden the resivoir is empty one day and no clutch operation.
What did I do to cause the leak? Why does it seem intermittent?
Changed clutch, pilot bushing, and throwout bearing a few months ago. Did not notice you have to R&R tranny to change slave cylinder and was not having trouble with it at the time. Just worn out clutch. So didn't touch slave cylinder.
A week or two after the clutch change, clutch actuator ran out of fluid. Had to bleed and refill. This has happened 3 or 4 times since changing clutch and have pretty much determined the leak is inside tranny.
Strange thing is it only seems to leak out when sitting still for a day or three. Fluid level does not seem to change over the course of a day or two's regular driving. But then all of a sudden the resivoir is empty one day and no clutch operation.
What did I do to cause the leak? Why does it seem intermittent?
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09-20-02, 05:37 AM
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Joe_F
The slave or clutch cylinder itself is the likely cause of the leak in most cases...it should have been changed at the time the clutch was done.
