MX5Ireland

No, it's not me cursing..

What I'm looking for is a step by step to bleeding the hydraulic line on my mk1. I replaced the slave cylinder and I thought I had successfully bled it, but not so.. Had never done this job before and gave it a go, just wanna be sure I'm doing things in the right order.

John

- Get some clear tube to stick on the end of the bleed nipple so you can see bubbles/when the fluid runs clear/pipe it into a jar.
- Remove the clutch reservoir cap.
- Have some fluid to top up handy, don't let it drop too low or air will be pulled into the master cylinder.
If it does, see this page : http://mx5ireland.com/tech/clutchmaster.html
- Get someone with a leg in the driver's seat
- crack open the line
- have the person with the leg put the clutch in and shout "in"
- close the line
- let clutch out ("out!")
- crack open line
- clutch in "in"
- etc
- repeat until no bubbles and fluid is clear.

Don't forget to put cap back on the reservoir

Thanks Steve, will give that another go over the weekend..if the rain stops!!

John