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Hi guys, mostly a lurker here, any time I've had an issue someone here has already solved it. Here's an issue I didn't quite see anyone mention here or elsewhere.
It started with the clutch pedal going to the floor and not wanting to disengage the clutch enough to shift. I checked the Master Cyl and saw it was a little low on fluid, pulled the slave and saw the boot was torn and some fluid was leaking. After replacing and topping the MC res off with fluid, I could shift after pumping the clutch a few times.
Since it seemed like the slave cyl was leaking, I ordered a new prebled unit from rockauto, installed that thinking i'd be good to go. Upon doing the first clutch pedal press, the strap breaks and lets you press properly, except it went to the floor again. Looking underneath, fluid is draining out the bottom of the bellhousing, MC res on the new unit empty. adding more fluid and a quick bleed (though the documentation on the mc/sc unit was that it was not serviceable), it was leaking out the bottom again.
We were late leaving for a trip to Windrock so we took the wife's JK instead. Trip to Rausch Creek in a couple weeks and would like to drive my Cherokee instead this time.
So, do I bother with another mc/sc unit, thinking that one was bad? Would this indicate a problem in the clutch that's allowing the slave to leak? I understand conceptually how clutches work, but I'm a visual learner and have never taken one apart, so don't really know enough to diagnose it myself.
The XJ does have 220k+ miles and it's been through many hands before me, so no idea what's original in there. Any leads on this before I just bite the bullet and tow it to my local shop? Thanks.
~nb
It started with the clutch pedal going to the floor and not wanting to disengage the clutch enough to shift. I checked the Master Cyl and saw it was a little low on fluid, pulled the slave and saw the boot was torn and some fluid was leaking. After replacing and topping the MC res off with fluid, I could shift after pumping the clutch a few times.
Since it seemed like the slave cyl was leaking, I ordered a new prebled unit from rockauto, installed that thinking i'd be good to go. Upon doing the first clutch pedal press, the strap breaks and lets you press properly, except it went to the floor again. Looking underneath, fluid is draining out the bottom of the bellhousing, MC res on the new unit empty. adding more fluid and a quick bleed (though the documentation on the mc/sc unit was that it was not serviceable), it was leaking out the bottom again.
We were late leaving for a trip to Windrock so we took the wife's JK instead. Trip to Rausch Creek in a couple weeks and would like to drive my Cherokee instead this time.
So, do I bother with another mc/sc unit, thinking that one was bad? Would this indicate a problem in the clutch that's allowing the slave to leak? I understand conceptually how clutches work, but I'm a visual learner and have never taken one apart, so don't really know enough to diagnose it myself.
The XJ does have 220k+ miles and it's been through many hands before me, so no idea what's original in there. Any leads on this before I just bite the bullet and tow it to my local shop? Thanks.
~nb