| The brake and clutch reservoirs are in the same little housing, but they have a little baf...
The brake and clutch reservoirs are in the same little housing, but they have a little baffle in the middle that keeps the fluid separate. That way if you're leaking out of one system it becomes obvious.
When I replaced the slave cylinder on the clutch we bled the system in a decidedly different manner than was described in the Haynes manual. We ran a hose to the nib on the slave and pumped fluid from there to the top of the reservoir using a basic hand pump. Takes more elbow-grease, but is far less complicated. Of course, it requires two sets of eyes to do.
At this point I have stopping power, but if I hold my foot down on the brake pedal with a great deal of pressure it will eventually go all the way down. I presume that qualifies as "squishy." If I was the kind of driver who waits until the last second to stomp on the brakes I would have crashed weeks ago.
I'll try to squeeze back up under the dash again today, but so far those attempts have been pretty lame. |