How do you bleed the clutch slave cylinder on a 1994 Ford Ranger?

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Sir:

While I am not a Ford mechanic, I can offer the following words:

If the 1994 Ford Ranger is like the 1997 Ford Ranger, the clutch slave cylinder is INSIDE the transmission bell housing. You don't have to be a mechanic to recognize the labor involved to get at it (to bleed it). My 97 Ranger clutch would not engage following two days of 20 below zero (F) weather. I figured the weather had something to do with the malfunction and that it would be prudent to wait until it got above freezing to bleed the clutch MASTER cylinder (which is outside, and in front of, the bell housing). It got above freezing 2 weeks later, I bled the (easily accessible) Master cylinder - and guess what? The clutch still didn't engage. I towed the wretched machine to the nearest Ford qualified mechanic and 700 dollars and 4 days later the bitter truth was revealed: Ford Engineers can't design a fluid clutch assembly that can be reasonably maintained without dropping, and splitting the transmission (and without dropping a lot of cash)!

Walter the Wiser

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There is a great tutorial on AutoZone's site on how to do my 1997 Ranger 2.3L 2WD.

If your transmission has a bleed valve for the slave cylinder sticking out just above the master to slave cylinder quick connect going into the trans, then this tutorial is for you.

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?ForwardPage=/az/cds/en_us/0900823d/80/0b/ac/21/0900823d800bac21.jsp#hd1-1-2

The transmissions in the Ford Rangers are actually designed and built by Mazda, Most are the M50 R1 5 speeds. The clutch throwout bearing and slave cylinder are replaced as a single unit which ups the price. You have to drop the trans, but the case is not split for replacing the slave.

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