In an effort to fix my clutch that would be soft at first then hard as a rock then the clutch slips I decided to flush the clutch fluid. I bought brand new DOT5 fluid and attached my Mighty Vac to the bleed screw hole. And within about 10 min, all the fluid was now purple. the old stuff was a dirty brown.
I made sure the reservoir never got low. When all was said and done. NOTHING the clutch lever has NOTHING behind it. I can only assume that taking the bleed screw OUT and putting the might vac in is my problem. I could get all the air out but removing the tool, only introduced lots of air into the line. I have tried the manual method and get nothing. No air, no fluid, NOTHING. The manual states that using a Snap on basic vacuum bleeder to initailly draw the fluid out w/ little to no air getting in.
It sounds like it just needs bleeding. I have a vacula which sucks it straight through using the bleeder valve in place. You might want to get a used master cylinder cover, puting a steel stem tire valve in, just pop out the site glass, screw it in place, take a small pump like for the suspension, or a bike pump, and ad just a few lbs of pressure, then pump the handle and open the bleed screw.
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