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Bleeding a Mondeo Single Pipe Clutch Slave Cyl.
Mal - 8/10/11 at 04:37 PM

The earlier concentric clutch slave cylinders used on Mondeos with an MTX75 gearbox and Zetec engine have a fluid feed pipe coming from the master cylinder and a stub pipe with a nipple on the end for bleeding.
I have bought a replacement slave cylinder, which is of mainly plastic contruction, for later cars which fits the gearbox OK but does not have a bleed point.
Does anyone know how to bleed this later type of single pipe slave cylinder please?

The application is a type 9 gearbox coupled to an MGB engine via a Mondeo 'bellhousing' which is going into a 1956 MG ZA Magnette saloon.

Cheers,

Mal


needforspeed - 8/10/11 at 05:01 PM

has it got 2 clips holding the pipe in? you pull the pipe half way out as if you were undoing the nipple and it releases the pressure/air sometimes have to pressure bleed them tho


Mal - 8/10/11 at 05:27 PM

It has wire clips in 2 placess: where the flexi-pipe enters and where the body decends into the bell housing.

That was the only way I could see of doing the job, but it seems very crude and likely to leave air within the piston area.


theconrodkid - 8/10/11 at 05:54 PM

probably a result of manufactures not wanting peeps to do their own repairs,at the factory the system is evacuated and fluid just pours into the vacuum


big_wasa - 8/10/11 at 06:06 PM

They use the same set up on the mg Z range. Get your self a proper slave. Some guys have bled them submerged in brake fluid but its a messy faf.


clairetoo - 8/10/11 at 10:01 PM

I use a Corsa slave cylinder in mine - again , no bleed nipple
What I do is connect the system with just the gearbox in place , then simply pump the slave cylinder a few times by hand , and it sucks the fluid from the master cylinder . I have also fitted a bleed nipple where the flexi pipe joins to rigid pipe to the master cylinder , at the highest point .


Mal - 9/10/11 at 06:37 PM

Thanks for your suggestions and comments folks.