Trans issue

[fordman00]

So I was driving my 89 bronco 2 today and noticed it wasn't going on and out of gears ceding smoothly or easily.its a 5 speed and it will grind trying to go into reverse.It will engage and disengage when the petals almost to the floor which isn't how it used to be any advicecwould be appreciated!

[jfiscus]

Check your clutch fluid level. Any leaks?

[fordman00]

No leaks that I've seen.I know trans is full.

[Flxratd]

No leaks that I've seen.I know trans is full.

i think what fiscus was saying is i beleive it has a hydrolic clutch. that being said it has a seperate resivoir for fluid much like your brake master cyl only smaller on the firewall and it uses dot 3 brake fluid. if that gets low it will cause your problem. if so look up under the dash where it attaches to the clutch pedal and you may see fluid leaking down the inside of the firewall. if thats the case you need a clutch master cylinder. if its dry there then look down by the trans at the release fork and that would be the slave cylinder. if all is good there then you can try bleeding the system but most likely you are haveing a clutch starting to fail. good luck and hope this long winded post helps

[fordman00]

Ok.thanks I'll look here shortly.could it be the slavecylinder if it's not the fluid level?

[Flxratd]

most of the time if the fluid is low its the clutch master cylinder leaking inside the vehicle but could be either

[fordman00]

Ok.the fluid resorvior was empty topped it off pumped the clutch seems to be working fine.I didn't see any leaks inside the cab Thanks scott and fiscus.

[Flxratd]

thats cool. you may still want to grab a buddy and try and bleed it still but if your happy with it then dont mess :thumbup:

[fordman00]

ok, how do you bleed it?

[Flxratd]

need to know what year but i took a guess at 1988. if that is close there should be and access port on the side of the trans bellhousing. it looks like yours has a hydrolic release bearing instead of an actual external slave cylinder. you need someone to pump the clutch pedal and hold it down while you open the bleed screw in the access area of the bellhousing and you treat it just like bleeding brakes. just make sure to keep the fluid up in the resovoir

[fordman00]

:(ok,thanks again scott. It is a 89' i believe replacing the slave cylinder requires the transmisson to come out unfortunatley. I read on a bronco forum which sucks cause thats just something i dont have time for.haha:(

[jfiscus]

internal slaves bring the suck... is it wet around that area?

[fordman00]

I'll have to look when I'm on lunch to be honest if it's leaking somethig it's gonna be hard as he'll to tell where it's coming from haha:sweatin:

[fordman00]

didnt see any leaks anywhere.

[jfiscus]

The fluid must have gone somewhere though... since one day you had fluid & the next you didn't.

[fordman00]

Yeah I have no idea.I never checked it when I first got it.:confused: