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hi all
looking for help again
rebuilding a 90 using td5 bulkhead and master cylinder
but cant seem to get it bled any ideas?
regards
mike

Clutches can be a bugger to bleed because unlike brakes you cant pump them up the same way because the clutch pushes the cylinder back from its end.  Some things I have done in the past with different Land Rovers:-

Remove the slave cylinder and bolt a metal bar across the operating end so that is pushing against something solid while your bleeding it

Try sliding your foot off the clutch pedal sideways so that it returns with a bang (my old SIII used to bleed up by doing this without having to open the bleed nipple).

I once used a windscreen washer pump to pull the fluid out of the open bleed nipple, whilst pumping the pedal up and down (you need an assistant to ensure the reservoir stays full and to close the nipple) be aware that this buggers up the seals on the WW pump so use one that you can scrap later.

Use an "easibleed" tube (one that has a slit in it to act as a one way valve with the end blocked up)

Try bleeding it in stages i.e remove the pipe from the m/c and ensure you have pressure there and then work your way down through the system

Or if all else fails use a pressurised "easibleed" system.

Good luck

ZD


P.S. ensure that your assistant is pushing the right pedal.  I once spend an hour trying to bleed up the brakes on a LR only to find that my (ex) wife had been pumping the clutch.......

Is the bleed nipple at the top (above the pipe)?

10 pumps on the pedal and hold it down, release the bleed nipple and code. Another 10 pumps and release again. Keep trying that until fluid is coming through. The pressure in the air helps push things long

Is the bleed nipple at the top (above the pipe)?

10 pumps on the pedal and hold it down, release the bleed nipple and code. Another 10 pumps and release again. Keep trying that until fluid is coming through. The pressure in the air helps push things long

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Posted Today, 11:15 AM

 clutch fork is fine
 no resistenceclamped the slave with
 so piston could not come out
 then bled it
 when bled push the clufch is solid against clamp cant push clutch down
 
take of clamp put back in bellhousig no resistance felt
 bolted back up and onlt about half inch of pressure
 and pedal staye down??
 mike

yes pedal stay down
even after presure bled with expensive machine

i took the slave off mole griped a spanner over the end of the slave
then bled put back together again
still the same
about half inch of pressure no good at all i have to lift pedal up
?
regards
mike

well lads now sorted
it was the adjuster nuts on the master cylinde
worked loose tightend and now sorted
score another off the list
cheers
mike