bled the slave cyl and...

[jw 325ic]

The clutch slave cyl is upside down. When you tried to bleed it you put a bunch of air in it. The bleed screw has the be the highest point of the slave cyl in order to bleed it use a piece of hose attached to the bleed screw that snakes upward then back down to trap the air bubbles in the hose and not the slave cylinder. Otherwise use a power bleeder.
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...utch_Slave.htm

i did use the clear rubber hose trick, had it faced down in a small container of brake fluid. had the wifey pump the clutch and hold it down while i opened the bleeder screw (referring to shitty haynes manual) and tightened it up when no more fluid came out. then repeated. all of a sudden, she was holding down the clutch, opened screw, and a big gush of fluid came out and stopped. tightened screw, and then the clutch just got sucked to the floor...

the car had a rebuilt engine put into it, but im guessing its the original transmission due to this air build up. the clutch pedal was VERY stiff before and made noise when pushed in.
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[jw 325ic]

a little update.

did a homemade pressure bleeder using this link and the link inside of the thread: http://www.mercedesshop.com/shopforu...d.php?t=117258

pressure bled the slave, filled up a dr pepper bottle of fluid and drilled a hole in the cap to catch the fluid and keep the tube submerged, and it all bled fine. got the clutch back and the cars back on the road. thanks for all your help. now for anyone else who finds this in a search use that homemade bleeder, half the price of the cheapest bleeder on pelican parts and does the same thing.