1986 Nissan Truck - Clutch Question

jw · 2004-10-02T16:04:14+00:00

Hi.I have a 1986 Nissan Long Bed truck with only 65,000 miles on it.I haven't run it for about a month. The last time I ran it it seemedjust fine.This morning I started it up and the clutch went to the floor withoutany resistance at all.Of course I couldn't get it into gear. When I press the pedal downthere is no resistance, but the petal does come back up.Is there anything external that I could look at? I don't drive ithard at all. The clutch showed no signs of anything wrong the lasttime I drove it.Any suggestions as to what happened?Thanks for any responses.JW

Oct 02, 2004 21 Replies

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jw 21 years ago

"> Holding the clutch in does nothing. Unless the pedal is sitting at the upper

The good news is this morning with the help of my better half I bled the clutch lines. First from the little square box on the fire wall and the at the slave cylinder. We now have really good clutch.

I want to thank all of you good people for your help and patience with an old-timer.

I will now get on with the next problem with the truck -- but I will start another thread.

Thanks again,

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Truck 21 years ago

Sorry, I've been away.

You can probably get away with just bleeding for right this second but since you've found that old gummy fluid in item #3 below, that means that seal inside the slave cylinder is slowly, but surely leaking. There's where the fluid went. So it needs replacing before it finally goes out on you somewhere.

Wil

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