# Ford pickup hydraulic clutch **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 28, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-pickup-hydraulic-clutch/32508 "2009-06-28T03:06:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gharms8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gharms8](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gharms8)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-pickup-hydraulic-clutch/32508/1 "2009-06-28T03:06:49Z")
I hope everyone will celebrate with me when Ford goes bankrupt and disappears. I replaced the clutch plate on my 1996 Ford 5-speed manual pickup with concentric slave cylinder. The pedal worked fine before the job. When bleeding the master cylinder my assistant forgot to tighten the bleeder screw when I released the pedal. Since then I can get no fluid in the line or out of the bleeder. I have asked and paid some to help me, but no one can. You’d think the fluid would come out by gravity. I don’t think I could design a simple system like this not to work. If anyone can help me I will send them $20. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-pickup-hydraulic-clutch/32508/2 "2009-06-28T03:14:53Z")
You don’t need to send me the twenty bucks. Use that money to purchase a pressure brake bleeder. Because that’s the only way I’ve found to effectively and completely bleed this hydraulic clutch system. Tester ---
**Author:** ![gharms8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gharms8](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gharms8)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-pickup-hydraulic-clutch/32508/3 "2009-06-28T03:19:35Z")
I guess that makes sense. I didn’t know there was such a thing and I certainly didn’t know anyone would be so stupid to design a system this way. If you’re right, I definitely want to pay you. Please give me your name and address.