well i have a 96 ranger 2wd 5spd 3.0v6 and every 3-4 months iam back into the trans and replacing a god damn leaking slave. iam really tired of this. even though i got down to removing and reinstalling the whole thing in 1 hour 10 mins i dont want to have to keep it up any one have a solution to this disease the rangers have?

 

Ask Christian about this disease LOL

 

umm alright


plz yall dont tell me to get an auto or anything like that i just wanna fix my truck as it is and not have this problem so frequently...

 

my disease is worse than his.






basically....idk what your trucks problem is. I go through them yearly....put 25k on 'em. Are you sure you are installing and bleeding it properly?? Have you ever replaced the master.

 

shane do you get the one with the life time replacement so you get free one?

 

Hell yes. Raybestos from a local parts store.

 

I had this problem with my truck. 3 slaves in the first 20k miles. The only solution I found was to sell it.

 

use a motorcraft slave, i have had alot better luck with them than vatozne slaves or any ther slave

 

hmm...funny....my first slave swap only lasted 15k..and it was a Motorcraft purchased at the local ford dealer....

junk french **** parts. they'll never improve 'em.

 

thats wierd shane, ive seemed to have pretty good luck with them. i thnk im going to have to replace mine soon, i got it at the place i purchased my clutch at. my clutch doesnt engage til it is almost at the top. how far is your engagement point from the floor?

 

ive heard if you ride the clutch and keep your foot on it wile driving that can shorten the life spain of the slave

 

So far i haven't had this problem but i think im gonna try and convert over to a cable driven clutch.

 

justin if u find a cable clutch conversion let me know


and know i have not replaced my master yet just my slave....
but it continues to leak out of my slave every 3-4 months...

 

189,000 miles and only replaced once, 4k ago. And I dont even think the Slave was bad, we ended up replacing the master too. But both were needing it anyways.

 

that's where mine engages, almost at the top. Geeze I hope I won't need a slave soon. I have 37000 on my truck, I thought this engagement point was pretty much normal for the hydraulic clutch, my father in law has a 6cyl stang and his is the same way, doesn't engage till it's almost out.

 

thats how my bike is to

 

Also people you have to realize that we are not running stock or close to stock clutches. We are running aftermarket high performance clutches. Our slaves can't hold up to it and buckle under all the pressure of the heavy duty pressure plates. And Charles im looking into the cable driven system. I could care less about having to stand on the clutch because ive heard cables are hard pedals but i think my best bet is to convert over to a t-5 trans since they are cable driven.

 

HA! That's what I have been saying all along. Can't afford the Taco right now.

 

ya i dont mind a hard pedal at all i can deal with it will a t5 bolt up to a 3.0?

 

I doubt it will "bolt up" we will need new bellhousings or newer engines.

 

my truck had 267k on it and its only on its 3rd slave knock on wood

 

 

its supposed to engage towards the top...when it engages towards the bottom...that's when problems start happenin'....like....when you push all the way down to crank the truck over, the truck decides to move and feels like you're cranking on it with the truck still in gear.

i drove it til it was completely undrivable when my first one went. seriously...shutting it off at stop lights and crankin' it back on, clutchless shifting...the works.

 

whew, i was hoping there wasn't anything to worry about. So when they go bad, the seals fail and it looses fluid right? Reason I ask is my res is a lil low, but who's to say that it has ever been checked since new. I bought with 36k and I've put 1.5K on it

 

never replaced mine knock on wood