'99 Ford Manual Transmisssion

1 Dollar · Jan 10, 2009

I have a 1999 F-150 with a 4.6L and a 5-spd. 1, 3 and 5th gears can be tough to get into sometimes, but not always. 2nd and 4th seem fine. It has Brake Fluid (what the hydraulic clutch uses) leaking down the passenger side of the bellhousing. It has an internal slave cylinder, and I've been told that this is the sign that it is going bad. Do you guys have any ideas as to what this could be? I haven't thoroughly checked all the lines yet, and the master cylinder is on the other side of the truck.

Thanks

ericlb · Jan 10, 2009

if its leaking brake fluid your probably not getting the full stroke on the clutch making it hard to shift, the newer "improved" transmissions are hard to "float" shift the gears like you can in a big truck either the slave cylinder is leaking or being as its on the outside of the transmission, its more likley the line you'll have to check closer and determine which one is leaking

T_Bone · Jan 10, 2009

Hey Dollar,

Like eric said, it's time too replace the master and slave as a pair from what other users have reported. It's supposedly a real gripe to bench bleed this combo. If my CRS is correct, as a pair they were under $200 from Ford.

My 02 F350 came new from the factory with a leaking master, 1tsp in 1000 miles, and I thought I was going to have to go back to school to re-learn how to jam gears, as I would miss shifts and grind a gear every so often

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