I Think I Figured Out My Clutch Issue

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222) 06/14/2015 at 13:00 • Filed to: None

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I had a theory that I tested last night. So, I went for a midnight barefoot drive in my truck and I watched the coolant temp gauge as I felt the clutch. It got stiffer as the engine warmed up. I did a little sleuthing on the interwebs and Its most likely either water or air in the master cylinder. Considering how much rain we’ve been getting, I’m betting on water. But the only way to bleed a Ranger master cylinder properly is to remove it from the firewall and invert it. So once I have time (and help), I’m gonna do just that. I still dont know 100% how to do that just yet. But I wont have time until next weekend at least. So Im gonna have to live with it until then, but in the meantime, I can research how to bleed it.

This is apparently a common issue on 90s Ford Clutches.

McMike > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/14/2015 at 13:10

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Really, you need to remove the master to bleed it? That’s rediculous!

I would just flush/bleed the fluid first and see if it goes away.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > McMike 06/14/2015 at 13:26

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Ford concentric clutces are dumb. The master cylinder is mounted upside down and it routes around the frame rail to the slave. Air and other contaminants gets trapped in the part of the line that wraps around the frame rail. The only way to bleed it entirely is to turn the master upside down to straigten out the line

pauljones > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/28/2015 at 14:32

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