Clutch bleeding Procedure

[Wiring3826]

Turns out I did receive the extra gasket from Motive a long time ago, I just absent-mindedly stashed the envelope away and forgot about it. Unfortunately it looks like the gasket they sent me (0708A-MTV) is smaller in diameter than either of the two gaskets that came with my 0108 kit. The new gasket is also thinner than either of the included gaskets. So I'm not sure what's going on here.

I don't have to deal with a brake/clutch fluid flush for a while, so I may just shelve this project until I need to deal with it again. I'll let Motive know and see what they say, but I don't want to make a huge deal out of a $2 part. I will say that I'm a little disappointed that this product didn't end up being as straight forward to use as I had hoped it would be.

 

[WolfDampf]

The thick gasket that came with the kit worked fine for me. I bled everything easy peasy. So glad I bought this! I've always done the two person method in my past vehicles now I feel stupid lol. Is it normal for 6 months old fluid to look this dark? I had my master cylinder changed 6 months ago at Ford and still have my pedal randomly get soft once a week so I flushed it and found lots and lots of bubbles.

 

[M-Sport fan]

Mine looked about the same, but it was 8 year old, original factory fluid!

 

[Overland History]

I purchased the Motive Power Bleeder w/ the 0108 GM Kit mentioned earlier in this thread last October and I'm finally just now getting around to flushing the clutch and brake fluid. Like others, I played hell trying to get the cap to seal on the fluid reservoir, even using the thick rubber washer AND adding an intricate network of zip ties to hold the cap down onto the reservoir, it still wouldn't hold pressure.

So, I hit the local junk yard earlier today and found the last cap in the entire yard on a 2013 Fiesta Sedan!



I hit Lowe's for 3/8in x 1/2in barbed nylon fitting:


I used my grinder with a flappy sanding disc to smooth out all of the yellow raised lettering on the top of the OEM junkyard cap to make sure I've got a rough enough surface for the epoxy to seal to:



I drilled a large enough hole in the junkyard Fiesta cap to accommodate the nylon barbed fitting. You can see where I also ground down the threads on the 1/2in nylon side of the fitting so it would fit down into the cap hole tighter:




I finished off the hole with a circular grinding stone on my drill:



Then cut a tight hole in the OEM cap seal that would accommodate the nylon fitting and left the 3 little tabs that prop up the OEM seal in place on the inside of the cap:



This is the epoxy that I used to seal the nylon fitting to the OEM cap mostly on the outside with a little bit on the inside keeping it tidy as to not disturb the OEM seal:



I'm currently waiting on the epoxy to dry overnight before I can test pressurize the system tomorrow, but here's what it looks like now:



Basically all I did was remove the GM fitting from the end of the bleeder and I'm replacing it with an OEM cap that will fit on the end of the bleeder hose. This should make future brake/clutch fluid flushes a breeze if it works correctly!


As soon as the epoxy is dried and I can put this to the test tomorrow, I will update this thread with the results!