That is an idea. I have now replaced my slave, but have had the same result in trying to bleed (and pretty sure the slave was fine, now that I have taken it out and had a look at it).

I could take out the old bleeder valve, cut off the inner end just past the little hole that goes inside the slave, and then screw it in all the way and jet some fluid in there.

I guess the only problem would be replacing it with the proper valve to close it off with out leaking more air in. I don't know how much of a problem that would be if there was no pressure on the system when the proper valve was put back in.

I am suspecting, however, that the real problem is my clutch master cyl. I haven't found any fresh wet fluid anywhere around it, but there seems to be corrosion on the hard line from the master down, and the carpet seems kind of sticky on the back (hard to tell if it is just glue or old brake fluid, but it does feel a little oily/sticky).

One thing I do remember is that for a couple days before the clutch gave out, the pedal had a sort of "notchy" feeling near the bottom when you pressed it in. I wonder if this was the feeling of something about to give way in the clutch MC.

Also, I looked at the pedal, and it is spring loaded, so it will pop back up even if there is no pressure in the hydraulic system.

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