Which flywheel do I need?

[pontiacgp]

I never had to bleed mine except for leaving the cap off the reservoir until the air bubbles stopped...why do you think you have a problem with the slave?

 

[Chillin014]

Damn, really?! I thought I read that on another forum but it just didnt sound right. I filled the reservoir and let some bubbles come up but the slave doesnt move at all. I even put the stock line back on since I thought the SS one I bought had a leak, but had no luck. I was unscrewing that screw on the back of the slave cylinder trying to bleed it and I think it was just permanently leaking or something. I disconnected the line at the master and put my finger on it and it seemed like it was creating pressure... :?:

Did I just not wait long enough for the air bubbles to rise? It wasn't moving at ALL.

 

[pontiacgp]

I'd just leave it for a while with the filler cap off and see if that doesn't help. If a slave is gone is usually leaks out where the rod comes out...same thing for the master if the seals are leaking

 

[Chillin014]

alright that's what i'm doing now, thanks. They are used parts from the guy I bought my transmission from so I wouldn't be at all surprised if both cylinders were bad.

I had to trim down the feed tube on the master to get the reservoir line on there without it kinking, it's still a tight fit.

Also, you may enter your "told-ya-so" comments here because as I started the car there was a loud scraping noise and my first thought was the flywheel. Well...it is the flywheel, it is scraping against the starter housing. 😳

 

[pontiacgp]

I didn't say anything about the starter so it won't be me saying I told you so.......have you got the right starter?

 

[Chillin014]

Well moreso about the flywheel...i bought it used supposedly from a 64 el camino. The starter is some generic mini unit from ebay with the inline bolt pattern. I'm going to see if I can take a look at a newer flywheel and notice a difference.

 

[pontiacgp]

I'm using a racing gear reduction starter which should be just like the mini starter you have so it should be good. Will the starter engage to turn the engine over?

 

[Chillin014]

Yeah the motor starts fine and everything but the flywheel rubs on the starter while the car is running and you can hear it. I bet I could shave the starter housing a little bit for clearance, but I'm more worried about the clutch hydraulics not working. Once I get that sorted I'll deal with the flywheel.

 

[pontiacgp]

if you shim the starter would that not give it a little more clearance....and don't worry too much about the hydraulics, it's a simple system so you won't have a problem getting it working. I had used parts as well and the master on mine was defective so the slave wouldn't work but it did move the slave a little and there was fluid leaking from the master so that clued me in on what unit was junk

 

[Chillin014]

I dont think shimming it would push it down far enough, but I'm going to go look at it in a bit. I bought a new slave cylinder today but it's being shipped to the auto store tomorrow. If that doesn't fix it then it has to be the master (or a leak in the line).

I was reading in a chiltons manual for the third gen Camaro and couldn't find anything about bleeding the clutch, so maybe you are right and it isn't necessary.