OK, here's the deal... My 87 T2 broke down about 15 miles from my house... something gave out between the clutch master cylinder and the master cylinder slave, and all my clutch fluid ran out... I bought 3 bottles of clutch fluid so that I can limp it home... I need to know how to bleed the clutch... I checked the factory service manual in the FAQ link, and it doesn't say where the damn slave cylinder is... I am assuming it is down on the transmission. Can I get to it with just a jack? It's down in the ghetto section of town, and I don't want to leave it there.

Any help is appreciated...

Also, anyone who is in SE Connecticut who might be willing/able to help would be awesome.

 

It's on the top of the tranny under the hood .. up aginst the fire wall. It is pretty easily accesable.

 

Put your hand on the clutch master cylinder. Now, follow the metal line that comes out of it. That line will connect to a rubber hose. The other end of the rubber hose connects to the clutch slave cylinder.

 

Is it under the car or is it accessible under the hood? What tools will I need, other than my poor pregnant wife holding the flashlight?

 

Need an 8mm open or boxed end wrench and a bleeder hose with a bottle of brake fluid. Like I said above it is under the hood, in the middle of the engine compartment at the firewall, top of the tranny... follow the line like the above guy said.

 

P.S your gonna need the wife to work the clutch .. so better come up with plan B for the flashlight

 

You're going to have to do more than just bleed the clutch hyraulic system if you've lost fluid. You have a leak somewhere. So follow the line coming out of the master cylinder until you find the leak. That part - it will be the master or slave cylinder, or the rubber hose - will have to be replaced. They're not expensive. Actually, it's a good idea to replace them all at once. Less than $100 in parts. After you've replaced whatever it is, THEN bleed the system.

 

I need to replace those parts after I get it home... This is just a quick fix to avoid the $150 towing charge. I am buying a new master cylinder and master cylinder slave this weekend, and I have the stainless steel clutch line from the RX7 store ready to go. This is just to get it home 10 miles, rather than leave it for the guys in the slums to break into.

Thanks for your help guys, I appreciate it!

 

WHy don't you just drive it home???
It's really easy to shift without the clutch- no biggie at all. Just match the revs, it'll go in when they are matched.
Roll through a few stopsigns, and when you have to stop and take off, just turn the car off, put it in gear, and start it up again.
I've done it on a few cars....

 

Tried it, didn't work, hence plan B. Plan C is to tow it home with a tow strap... Plan D is just to pay the $150 and have a tow truck do it.

 

What didn't work? You couldn't revmatch?

Start it in 1st, drive to 3000rpm, put shifter into neutral, let revs drop to 2000rpm, put shifter into 2nd.