Re: alfa-digest V7 #770 - Clutch Bleading

[AlfaNeely@domain.elided]

	A couple of comments of clutch bleeding.  On the Alfetta, jack up the 
right side of the car as high as you can.  That makes the bleed screw less on 
the bottom and helps get air out of the long run of hose from the master to 
the slave.
	On any Alfa with a slave, I bleed the slave under the car.  Open the 
bleed screw, push the clutch rod into the slave forcing fluid out.  Close the 
screw and allow the spring to fill the slave cylinder with fluid.  Repeat 
several times.  This is probably much like using the mighty vac or other 
bleeding system, but without buying the tool.  Pumping the pedal may not work 
on an empty, newly rebuilt system.  There is so much air and so little fluid, 
things do not move around the way they are supposed to.
	Cracking the connection at the master cylinder works for both clutch 
and brakes.  It is not even necessary to pump the pedal.  Just cracking the 
fitting and rapping on the master cylinder with a wrench will often make the 
air bubble go away.  This is especially true if you have replaced just the 
master cylinder without opening the rest of the system.
Ciao,
Russ Neely
Oklahoma City

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