'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.

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Wayne_H · Jan 10, 2009

Yes, it is almost like the brake system. There is a master and slave cylinder for the clutch. Your slave is probably bad. On my F-250 the slave is on the outside, guess yours in in the bell housing? Don"t replace one without the other...

Wayne

Anonymous-0 · Jan 10, 2009

The slave cylinder is hollow, concentric with the transmission pilot shaft. Ten years ago it was a $500 repair, might as well replace the clutch plate while its apart. One of the costs of us saving fuel with the manual transmission.

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