Okay heres what I got for my hydraulic system. I have a 3rd gen slave cylinder, 4th gen master cylinder, 4th gen braided line attached to the master, and a 3rd gen resevoir. When I took the master from the 4th gen I barely moved the braided line and it just popped off of the slave. I think it broke, you can see in the pics. but my question is how do I hook it up to my 3rd gen slave, and how do I fill it and bleed it?

 

you may not be able to use that one. It looks like it is from a 96 up v8 car? I am using one from a 93-95 v6 car which is almost identical to a stock 3rd gen except it is braided line

 

It is broken. I'll have to go back to the yard and get another. I only paid $14 for the master cylinder with the line and the resevoir. I can still use the master right? Whats that green thing on the line?

 

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that green thing may be the later style slave cyl(not sure). You may be able to use that master(not 100% sure), but a complete assm from an early 4th gen v6 car might be your best bet. hope this helps

 

Yeah, you need the earlier style 4th gen braided line (93-97 IIRC). Here's a link with some pics of what it looks like on the slave cylinder end. The m/c you have should work fine, you just need the right line to go to the slave. Btw, you remove the line from the m/c by driving out the roll pin. The line will pop right out once you remove the pin. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/tran...te#post3175320 Btw, if you notice in the pics, there's a bleeder screw on the aluminum slave. The plastic 3rd gen slaves also have a bleeder screw in the same location, except it's an internal hex, so it sits flush in the housing. Once you install the new line, just use that bleeder screw to get the air out of the system again.

 

Okat sounds good. So what exactly makes that later style line unusable? Oh I also saw an aluminum 3rd gen slave at the boneyard the other day. They wanted $10 but I didn't have enough cash with me. They are holding it till monday for me. So I guess my weakiest link will be my plastic master. Are the 4th gen masters any better than the 3rd gen ones?

 

If you found an aluminum slave for a paltry $10, definitely snag that. They're fairly hard to come by. The reason you can't use the newer braided line is the huge connector on the slave cylinder end. The earlier style 4th gen line has the same size connector on the slave end as it does on the m/c end. There's two things about the 4th gen plastic m/c that makes it nicer than the 3rd gen unit. One is the fact that you can use the braided line with it, it won't hook up to a 3rd gen m/c. I tried that the other day with a spare 3rd gen m/c to see if it would fit. The other nice thing about them is how they hook up to the pin on the clutch pedal. The 3rd gen unit has that cheesy snap fit type bushing that breaks quite often, the 4th gen uses a hard plastic bushing and a metal linkage clip just like the brake pedal. The groove for the linkage clip is already there on the 3rd gen clutch pedal pin, so it hooks right up. Those two things are really the only advantages though. After all, either of them are still plastic. The only way to get a better one than the 4th gen unit is to spend a small fortune for the aluminum ones made by McLeod or Wilwood.