So I installed a t-56 in my car and I ended up using my factory t-5 hydraulic slave setup, with a 621 bellhousing, I made a plate that bolts to the bellhousing (it isnt pretty but it works well) to bolt the slave cylinder to, I ended up having to put a 1 and a 1/2 longer rod in there to get the clutch to engage since the bracket isnt exactly the same distance from the clutch fork on a t-5. When I finally found the righ rod legnth, the clutch was engaging on the top of the pedal perfectly and wasnt slipping or anything. I had the car finally moving after a year of sitting and raced around my block once, by that time the headers had warmed up enough to completely melt my hard plastic slave cylinder line....that was laying directly on it. I have now replaced the line and the clutch wont engage now, Ive been bleeding it and bleeding it but the rod just inst throwing as far as it used to, and i went from having a stiff pedal to mush. Its a brand new slave also. Are there any tricks to bleeding these things? if I put a shorter rod in for the time being and then bled the system would it fill with more fluid and push it like it did before when I put the longer rod in? Thanks and I appreciate any good advice

 

Changing the lengh of the slave pushrod will have no effect on the throw of the fork. The piston in the slave is moved by the pressure built.by the master. The only way to.change throw is to move the pivot point on the clutch pedal.
Are you bleeding the slave on the car, on unbolted and hanging?

 

I'm bleeding it while its bolted up. Wouldent it just blow apart if I let it hang?

 

Not to be mean or belittle your efforts or anything, I applaud that sort of thing; but....

Until you get that sorted out, I'm not seeing where anything else you did, introduced air into the system; and since no air was introduced, you can bleed it every morning from now til Doomsday, and twice on Sunday just to be sure and invoke the appropriate higher power, but .... I STILL doubt it'll make any difference.

See my signature for a mental trick that will point you toward the straight and narrow while avoiding those illogical pitfalls.

 

You cannot bleed it in that position. If you let it hang you would bleed it via gravity and the bleeder screw or by pushed the piston of the slave in to bleed. You would nt be pushing the clutch pedal at this time because you would break it if you do.

 

Hey thanks alot //<86TA>\\ I took the slave down and let it gravity feed. Bolted it back up and it's working great now. The T56 was a great decision.