Hey Ian,Hi Mitchell,
Compare the slave cylinder length in your picture to the length measured from the mounting hole to where the slaves' pushrod would contact the clutch fork inside the transaxle.
The distance measured inside the transaxle should shorter than the bare cylinder by almost the length of the stroke of the pushrod. If that works out ok then either the fork is jammed or the two new slave cylinders are both bad, or something else is going on (throw out bearing stuck?).
If you wanted to check the slave cylinder outside the car to see exactly where its' leaking you would have to compress the pushrod in almost the full stroke, then try bleeding the part. It wont be easy to clamp or retain the pushrod in the retracted position but nothing will be learned by testing it without the pushrod retracted.
The chances of buying two bad slave cylinders is pretty low, however having three cylinders acting the same way would point to something other than the slave cylinders in my mind.
If the fork distance to the mounting hole dimension is the same or greater as your slave cylinder at rest the it's definitely the fork.
It's a great mystery at this point...
Cheers
Ian
Thanks for the reply!
I'm assuming by the length question your saying that if its not long enough then it's extending ut not pushing on the clutch fork?
I think it's fine as when I insert the slave into position it has to compress itself so it can slide in far enough so it's definitely moving the piston back into the chamber.
I'm going to send a slave up there with no return spring so hopefully it can leave the piston in the position it is moving to when I install it.
It's hard to tell the condition of the clutch fork as I can't see anything when it's all in but it does look like it's in the correct starting position at least.