'89 SAAB 9000 Turbo. You know, for working on.

["running!"]

So I spent the day changing the 'new' master that didn't work, with the newly rebuilt master cylinder.



I began, like always, by unplugging the battery and releasing the master from the clutch pedal, simple.

Move on to pumping the brake to relieve excess tension to not blow the slave - check. I usually open the nozzle (13mm) in the transmission just to be safe. (As I understand it)

Then comes getting the damn thing out. All the computers are jammed in there too, I have them removed here and they're hanging out the left and bottom of the photo. The red line is the line that goes to the master from the reservoir and the top hard line coming out of the master goes to the slave INSIDE the transmission. (Yeah. It's awful. I know.)



Its better to undo the top line that runs from the master to the slave first, then undoing the tube that leads to the reservoir, then undoing the 2 bolts (11mm) that hold the thing in place. I had started to strip those bolts so I bought some new bolts at the hardware store. The only size they had was 13mm, which is great, cause most of this damn car is 13 already.


This what the master looks like, I tried bench bleeding it by plugging that weird side nozzle (which leads to a line to fluid reservoir) and pouring the fluid in the top and pumping the bottom.



I thought the bench bleeding worked until I got it all put back together and tried the clutch. I pumped for about 400 pumps and no change in anything.

The transmission nipple was open (you can make out the nipple above the line to the slave) and I could hear fluid moving around the new master, but no change at all to the reservoir level or the firmness of the pedal. I think the hose to the master may be letting air in, but I seriously doubt it. I'm going to try and bleed it tomorrow. Also the front tire is flat so I'll also be dealing with that. Onwards and upwards.




Bonus shot of the 2019 Volvo XC40 Turbo 5 engine without the plastic cover.