Hi- 90 SWB Manual TT. (Single nipple on the slave cyl, no nipple on the m/Cyl) I bought it recently, had trouble selecting gear, better if clutch was pumped. I tried bleeding- went from poor selection to no selection (must have introduced more air into it)

 

Put new piston in M/Cyl and new slave cyl. Tried using an Easibleed, Got the lid sealed etc and bled it, bled it, bled it, tried taking cyl off and clamping it, holding the nipple as high as poss etc got a reasonable pedal but not perfect, took car down from axle stands, jumped in and guess what... no feckin pedal.(can get it with furious pumping tho')

 

Please can someone tell me the definitive way to bleed a Z clutch

Can a windscreen washer pump not be used to back bleed the system from the slave cylinder bleed screw to the reservoir, I successfully use this method on hydraulic clutches on trucks/buses but it can be messy with fluid overflowing the reservoir, just lock up the bleed screw before removingthe pipe from the pump and also bleed the pump before starting to bleed the clutch as sometimes the pump wont lift the clutch fluid unless its bled.

 

HTH John Crisp

the second nipple isn't on the M/C, it's on the Drivers side wing behind the HICAS stuff.

Thanks Jaffa,

I've just looked at the manual and saw the long pipe and bleed nipple on inner wing. II also noticed it when I was doing the job but the pipe is about twice the bore size of the clutch pipe so I discounted it as part of the clutch hydraulic system - we live and learn!.

I will try bleeding from the inner wing tomoprrow.

I've got a late 92 s2 and it has a bleed nipple on the front of the clutch m/Cyl too.

Bled from the nipple on the inner wing and got an excellent clutch pedal within minutes.

Moral.... when in doubt.... read the instructions!!