2014 Mustang V6 Manual 6 Speed Clutch
10/17/20, 02:25 PM
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Howdy! 
Welcome to the forums!
The clutch on that car is a hydraulic one, if it's still stock (and should be.) It therefore has no adjustments. It's a shared system, meaning that for the clutch use brake fluid from the main reservoir is sent via a direct tube off the side of the brake fluid reservoir, through the master cylinder at the clutch pedal, then on to the clutch throwout bearing. The brakes aren't otherwise connected, just a shared reservoir of fluid.
I could guess as to why you are asking, but you probably just need to relay more details so we can maybe help better. I suspect you have an issue, so if I may list them for ya, generic issues can be these:
Air in the clutch line. Pump the clutch 50 times or so. That *may* get the line bled out. Alternately, someone can go down and disconnect the clutch line and let it bleed out, keeping in mind that you'd have to also refresh the fluid in the reservoir. OR you can get a vacuum pump on the reservoir and pull the air out that way.
Fluid is 'done'. Over time, brake fluid will gather particulates and water in it, suspending them in the fluid, and cause poor performance of the fluid. Replacement of the contaminated fluid will fix a lot of issues, both brakes and clutch.
There's a clutch line issue. The clutch lines are not steel, they're more like brake hoses, so one of them may have a bulge in it that will cause a problem, Replacement of the line is the fix.
There's a clutch master cylinder issue. Replacement.
There's a throwout bearing issue. Replacement.
There's a clutch issue. Replacement.
Those last two are sort of hand in hand, if you're doing one, do both.
Past that, gonna need more info if it's not one of those. Let us know, we'll help if we can! Hope that helps!
Welcome to the forums!The clutch on that car is a hydraulic one, if it's still stock (and should be.) It therefore has no adjustments. It's a shared system, meaning that for the clutch use brake fluid from the main reservoir is sent via a direct tube off the side of the brake fluid reservoir, through the master cylinder at the clutch pedal, then on to the clutch throwout bearing. The brakes aren't otherwise connected, just a shared reservoir of fluid.
I could guess as to why you are asking, but you probably just need to relay more details so we can maybe help better. I suspect you have an issue, so if I may list them for ya, generic issues can be these:
Air in the clutch line. Pump the clutch 50 times or so. That *may* get the line bled out. Alternately, someone can go down and disconnect the clutch line and let it bleed out, keeping in mind that you'd have to also refresh the fluid in the reservoir. OR you can get a vacuum pump on the reservoir and pull the air out that way.
Fluid is 'done'. Over time, brake fluid will gather particulates and water in it, suspending them in the fluid, and cause poor performance of the fluid. Replacement of the contaminated fluid will fix a lot of issues, both brakes and clutch.
There's a clutch line issue. The clutch lines are not steel, they're more like brake hoses, so one of them may have a bulge in it that will cause a problem, Replacement of the line is the fix.
There's a clutch master cylinder issue. Replacement.
There's a throwout bearing issue. Replacement.
There's a clutch issue. Replacement.
Those last two are sort of hand in hand, if you're doing one, do both.
Past that, gonna need more info if it's not one of those. Let us know, we'll help if we can! Hope that helps!
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