First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

[Patrick H.]

Re: First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

Even the installation of the aftermarket extension pipe is a project for a boring rainy day...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you have to remove that tunnel cover just to install the extension pipe to expedite FUTURE flushing. Until I run out of projects, I'm thinking...turkey baster! Even if the thought of doing a "half-***ed" job does bother me.

Chuck,

Who sells this extension pipe?
That's one "mod" I don't recall seeing.

Patrick

[Chuck S.]

Re: First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

Chuck,

Who sells this extension pipe?
That's one "mod" I don't recall seeing.

Patrick

Patrick, I've not entertained the thought of removing that tunnel cover long enough to determine that, but it is easily available over at CF C6 General...do a search on "clutch fluid"; you'll have enough posts to read until lunch. It's going to be one or more of a half dozen "tuner/performance shops" that sponser over there.

[Duke W.]

Re: First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

Even the installation of the aftermarket extension pipe is a project for a boring rainy day...Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you have to remove that tunnel cover just to install the extension pipe to expedite FUTURE flushing. Until I run out of projects, I'm thinking...turkey baster! Even if the thought of doing a "half-***ed" job does bother me.

For sure you have to remove the bottom tunnel panel to install the bleed valve extention pipe as that's the only way to access the slave cylinder, but you just have to do it once rather than every time you flush.

The "turkey baster" method to renew the reservoir fluid is better than nothing, but sooner or later sludge will build up in the slave cylinder unless it's flushed peridoically.

Duke

[Chuck S.]

Re: First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

Chuck,

Who sells this extension pipe?
That's one "mod" I don't recall seeing.

Patrick

OK...Now Duke's got me to thinking about it; here's one I found (clutch bleeding is a much better search phrase). This one costs $92.50 shipped. He sounds like the inventor of the remote clutch bleeder, but that may only mean his is the earliest (and dated) technology.

If you find something cheaper/better, e.g. hard tube permanently mounted, let me know. On the other hand, you could probably use this picture to make your own BOM for a lot less that $92.50.

Edit: With more thought, hard tube permanently mounted to the firewall, without a flexible element between the body and the drivetrain, would be a bad idea.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...lutch+bleeding

[Terry M.]

Re: First TECHNICAL ISSUE Post On The New Board

If I understand the posts over at CF correctly, there is a lot more to installing the clutch bleeder than just removing the tunnel close-out panel. To install the clutch bleeder I think one has to remove the trans-axle, prop shaft, and clutch in order to access the clutch actuator cylinder.

A fellow Z06 owner suggested that installing DOT5 in the clutch system might solve the clutch fluid issues. I'm inclined to agree with him, but flushing the system thoroughly would, I think, put one at the place where installing the bleeder would be easy. If one had another compelling reason to be at the clutch -- say a new or upgraded clutch install -- one should certainly consider the bleeder and maybe even DOT5.