Thread: 94 Ford Hydralic clutch problems

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Help!!!!!!!
My 94 Ford 1/2 pickup has clutch problems; it was down to 1/2 inch from floor and when shifting the trans would grind the gears. My son's buddy needed the work so I let him "fix" it. He replace the clutch disk, pressure plate, hydralic throw-out bearing assembly, clutch master cylindar and had the flywheel ground. He/we bleed the system several times and he adjusted the rod on the master cylindar. Still grinds and is still 1/2 inch from floor.
Anyone know what's wrong and how to fix it??????

my grandfather had a 1988 F150 that did sort of the same thing.. some rod or somthing had fallen in the path of the clutch pedal and caused it to do that.. couldn't start it w/o jumping the solonoid and couldn't shift.. clutch only went 1/2 down in his case.. was a while ago and the local shop did the work

If it's the concentric cylinder setup, they're a dirty bitch to bleed. In one case I had to bleed it before bolting the trans to the engine by loosening the line inside the bell.

Another thing; when I stepped on the peddle... all the way to the floor, it sticks down, I have to pull it back up??????

Originally Posted by Tom F

Another thing; when I stepped on the peddle... all the way to the floor, it sticks down, I have to pull it back up??????

You are having problems common to the Fords around those years,I went thru that with a '94 Ranger you still have air in the system.There is tons of talk about this on Google,here is the solution: you need to do what is called reverse bleeding,it's the only thing that works on these beasts,even an air powered bleeder won't do it.Good Luck!

JeffB2 is Right. there it is thanks. Kurt
http://www.babcox.com/editorial/bf/bf70238.htm

Yup those are a bear to bleed,best way is to pull a vacume on the resevoir,
You also need to make sure the firewall where the clutch master is mounted is not cracked, Iv'e seen that several times and had to build a repair plate.
On the vacume deal we use a big rubber stopper with a hole drilled in the center and our a/c vacume pump,but I bet you could do it with one of those hand held vacume pumps also. I would check that firewall very close...

Thanks guys for your excellant help, I knew someone on this site would have that knowledge.

I had an old cb750 honda that I converted to disc brakes the only war I could git the air out used a pump type oil can with a hose and pumped fluid from the caliper up to the m/c it worked for me might work for you .....ted