The FORD Lounge

[ArdWrknTrk]

I don't know how many gallons you already have in the tank but 10% = 12.8 oz per gallon!
This is why I laugh at people who buy gas line antifreeze up here on bitter cold days.
(Surprised they even sell it down in FL)

And while the old solution to pollution is dilution, it might be best to drain the tank and start fresh.

Sorry you got a bum slave cylinder.
Did this come as part of a kit, or did you buy a slave by itself?

[salans7]

ArdWrknTrk wrote

Sorry you got a bum slave cylinder.
Did this come as part of a kit, or did you buy a slave by itself?

It was by itself. FTE Automotive (Valeo) slave in a LuK (Schaeffler) box. Last I heard those were competing companies. But who knows in this day and age.

I really can't tell if the slave itself went bad on it's own, or if I may have helped it back in December when I thought the master cylinder went bad. The same loss of fluid happened, so I refilled the reservoir and limped the truck home. If it indeed was the master cylinder in December, then overfilling the system may have blown out the seal in the slave cylinder. So, this might have been self-inflicted by my refusal to put this truck on a tow truck. The clutch pedal hasn't felt right since I replaced the master cylinder, so alternatively it could have been the slave and not the master in the first place.

[ArdWrknTrk]

I don't know how overfilling could cause a slave failure.
There's only X stroke in the master, and that shouldn't be able to pop the slave out of its seal.

I mean, that's how the system is supposed to work.
Fully bled there is no compression in a hydraulic system.

[Gary Lewis]

I agree - I don't see how you caused the failure, at least not from overfilling.  But you got it fixed.  

[grumpin]

I was researching clutches for something and noticed on RA that the Luk pictures had Valeo stamped on them.

I thought the same thing, they were competitors. Rusty and I were hitting on this the other day with electrical parts.

Seems a lot of competitors own the competition. I just wish there was some better quality.

[salans7]

I looked into the inspection window back in December, and could see no remnants of fluid, hence why I didn't think it was the slave in the first place, especially since I had just replaced it a year prior. But this time everything was soaked so it was obvious.

I'm just thankful I have the ability, the know-how, and the tools to be able to fix things like this. Probably would have been a few hundred dollars to replace a $50 part if I took it to a shop. Plus, I would lose the truck for a few days.

And I agree on quality, I have yet to find quality anything for the clutch. I've been through three or four master cylinders now, and am on the fourth slave cylinder. And I've only had the manual transmission in the truck for six years now. Master cylinders aren't hard to replace on these trucks, but concentric slave cylinders require transmission removal, and that's just frustrating.

[swampedout]

Ive had the same experience with bad hydraulic parts. Its kind of a head scratcher...

[salans7]

Very frustrating for sure.

[swampedout]

I just checked the Picture poll and I put my vote in but I almost didnt vote because theres too many good looking trucks this month!

[Rembrant]

Uh oh...my next door neighbour just dragged home a pretty serious project. A non running foxbody five oh.

[Gary Lewis]

Looks like FUN!  

[kramttocs]

Came across this site and brought back fond memories. I remember some of the covers and probably still have them somewhere.

https://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/index.htm

[Gary Lewis]

That’s cool!  I used to get them regularly, and was in the stores frequently, especially back when I was active as an amateur radio operator. But even later I bought many, many things fro them.

I think there is still a store, or at least a building with a sign, in Claremore.

[salans7]

Wow, that was really cool to flip through some of the catalogs. It amazes me how some of the prices aren't far off from today (I was browsing through the 80s and the 90s), even thirty years later.

[kramttocs]

Very true. I was checking out the CB stuff

[grumpin]

Snow bike racing is cool! Diamond Lake Oregon.

[kramttocs]

Looks like it! Beautiful scenery also.

[Gary Lewis]

Cool, or COLD!  

Yes, beautiful scenery, and probably lots of fun.  

[Rembrant]

Big jump in gas prices here last night...it is now at exactly $5/gallon....ugh. That'll suck the fun out my "pleasure driving" the old pushrod truck this summer. Might have to have more driveway shows...lol, with my truck as the only entry!

[1986F150Six]

$2.63 - $2.69/gal for 87 octane, here.