Tracker Posted March 8, 2007 Author Share Posted March 8, 2007 For whatever it's worth- my leak was not visible from the outside. It never ran out through the bottom of the bellhousing. The first push or two produced a couple drops around the slave, (and I assume let a little air in) but once a small cushion of air was inside there was not enough hydraulic pressure to cause more leaking- or to fully operate the slave. Yours sounds like there may be more to it. Those diaphram springs that the throwout bearing push on may have lost some of their oomph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Yep, First off, no parts store in town had a master cylinder in stock so I threw that notion out the window cause I was going to try to put that in tonight and see if it was the problem. I am heading home tomarrow no matter what... So I drove out to the tranny shop and congratulated them on how they will have a nice looking MJ sitting in their lot for a week. A mechanic and I took it out for a spin and he was even puzzled on what the problem was. When we first got in it everything was fine, but like it has been doing after about 5 mins of driving things started to act up again. He mentioned to me that he did not think the problem was the hydraulics because the pedal felt the same with or without the acting up of the screeching scratching noise from the bellhousing... So I told him that I put the new clutch in last summer and he brightened my day when he spoke of how it may be warrantied... Still the labor of replacing the clutch will run me $300 flat rate. I'll make sure and tell you what the problem was in fact once they get it all taken care of. He is very certain it is in the clutch and that it could be a spring on the disk that broke... It just makes me mad that I don't have the tools to fix it at college, otherwise I would be ripping into it tonight here in the garage... Rolling Eyes Oh Btw Pete, the truck was a manual when I got it. I used the same lines that were in it so unless they fell out of position (which I didnt check), they should be all tucked away nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 I'd double check that they aren't heating up from exposure to the exhaust heat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
500 MJ Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 its sure worth it. Ill check it tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepcoMJ Posted March 9, 2007 Share Posted March 9, 2007 ha, that's another problem. i had purchased a new pressure plate and clutch for my truck 13000 miles ago when i first got it, put them in and drove it...had no problems. took it out and found the clutch burned real bad (and i DID NOT abuse the truck at all). the pressure plate was contorted. we troqued everything to specs...but it didn't take. the thing was appeared to be catching on 1 side and not on the other. ironically i never noticed, as it didn't slip (from what i could tell). then again, with the 2.8 engine i had it floored in 4th gear to get it to do 55 mph, and in 5th gear i would at best lose speed, unless i had tailwind :D so yes it could be the clutch/pressure plate. or it could be heated fluid...heated clutch fluid is never a good thing it bubbles :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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