Toyota Trucks: Losing Clutch Fluid?!

On 11-Jan-2004, ucsb.edu (Wolfgang) wrote:
 

If you don't see any fluid at the clutch master cylinder, look at the slave
cylinder and the flex hose (just follow the tube that comes out of the
master cylinder) and you'll find the leak. Get it fixed fast, because a leak
can leave you with no clutch release. Unless you're experienced at double
clutching, you'll be stranded.

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ucsb.edu (Wolfgang) wrote in message news:<google.com>... 

look inside the firewall near the cluch pedal. the clutch master
cylindar leaks there. if it's leaking you should see clutch fluid
coming down the inside of the firewall. mine leaks onto the kick
panel, but it doesn't leak enough for me to want to get it changed
yet. it could also be the cluch slave cylindar, but i've hear that
that fails catastrophically, not just a little leaking. if one needs
to be replaced, make sure you replace them both.

mike

Pretty much SOP on the Toyota hydraulic clutch and real easy to take care of.
Likely, the clutch master cylinder is leaking. If not it could be the flex line
or the slave cylinder. Although, as mentioned in another post, it seems like
most slave cylinder failures are pretty dramatic with them basically blowing
out and shooting all the fluid out.
Replacing any of the parts takes little mechanical skill, a few tools and a
buddy to help bleed the line unless you have some sort of bleeder kit.
Heck, even I did mine on my own LOL!
If it took this long to notice, it is likely just starting to fail. Don't wait
around until it fails completely though. Driving around without the pedal is a
real pain in the butt and I speak from experience.
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Wolfgang wrote:
 


Yeah, the year, leads me to beleive its the master cylinder. Look under
the dash to see if you have fluid leaking inside the cab. I suspect
this, but the slave is a possibility too.

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You might look under the carpeting in the cab, driver's side, left of
steering wheel, where the clutch pedal push rod goes through the firewall.
Look for your missing clutch fluid there. The seals in the clutch master
cylinder may be failing. Has happened to me twice with my 1988 (bought it
new in '88). The first time was after about 12 yrs of service. I replaced
it with a "generic" part and the same thing happened again, only this time
it was after about 2 yrs of service. Replaced again (this time I replaced
the slave cylinder too, just to be sure) with Toyota OEM and no problems
since.

Moral. Don't go cheap on the clutch master cylinder. "Cheap" really isn't
when you have to do it all again.

If you know how to bleed a brake system, this fix is a piece of cake for the
Sunday mechanic.

Dan
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