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This is actually just an
extension of brake bleeding & it is just as easy . . . except you
need monkey arms. And a Motive pressure bleeder or a home brew
equivalent.
Get the car up. You will need your Motive attached with suitable fluid
in it. Have a 3 ft section of clear bleed hose & a drain container
under the car. Reach in & remove the rubber cap from the bleeder.
Attach the bleed hose. You will not find this easy because access is
very limited. Crawl under the car, reach up & use a 7mm wrench to
open the bleed valve. All by feel of course.
I would suggest using the closed end - put it on before you attach the
hose. If you use the open end - like I did - it will slip off & you
won't be able to close it before a quart of fluid has drained & your
Motive is empty. Then, you will have to refill & do it again with
the closed end so you can stop it in time - like I did. Amazing how evil
the fluid looked. I had bled the brakes twice before without doing the
clutch slave. Now I will do it every time.
After some net discussion (Pelican's John Walker), I decided that the
small dribble that the Motive produced wasn't a good bleed. So I
did it the manual way. Get your wrench on it & crack it
open. I found that the weight of the wrench actually closed the
valve so I propped it open with a rag. Then, swiftly pump the
clutch pedal a number of times & leave it in an UP position.
Then, quickly close the bleed valve.
It works fine.
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