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emmvette · 03-13-2014

64 degrees, what a great day to come home after work and fire up the beast from its long winter sleep! Started right up after reconnecting the battery. Tried to put it in reverse and back out of the garage and the clutch pedal went right to the floor. Wow, I don't remember it being that way....

After figuring out the reservoir was hiding under the ECM, I found it to be basically empty except for a small bit of sludge that I sucked out. So for now, my car is under a lift with another car above it and I can't back it out to work on it. My question is can I just fill the reservoir and do some clutch pumps to get it to work enough to move it around so I can work on it?

If so, can somebody give me the quick list of how to do this? Is it as simple as leaving the reservoir lid off and doing some slow, half strokes with the clutch pedal, or is there something else that has to be done?

I see in the Solutions sections mention of a bleeder on the slave, but I can't get to it where the car sits.

03-13-2014	#1
emmvette Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 188	Clutch Reservoir Empty 64 degrees, what a great day to come home after work and fire up the beast from its long winter sleep! Started right up after reconnecting the battery. Tried to put it in reverse and back out of the garage and the clutch pedal went right to the floor. Wow, I don't remember it being that way.... After figuring out the reservoir was hiding under the ECM, I found it to be basically empty except for a small bit of sludge that I sucked out. So for now, my car is under a lift with another car above it and I can't back it out to work on it. My question is can I just fill the reservoir and do some clutch pumps to get it to work enough to move it around so I can work on it? If so, can somebody give me the quick list of how to do this? Is it as simple as leaving the reservoir lid off and doing some slow, half strokes with the clutch pedal, or is there something else that has to be done? I see in the Solutions sections mention of a bleeder on the slave, but I can't get to it where the car sits.