Stiff Hydraulic Clutch Pedal in my T5

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  1. 55crownvic

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    Got it all blead and working today but the pedal is VERY hard to push. Using a CNC type pusher slave and a Wilwood Master both are 7/8", and am using the inner hole on the clutch fork. Any ideas?
     
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    how is the pedal and mastercylinder set up?
     
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    stock pedal, using the stock hole(in pedal) going to the M/C on the firewall, in basically the same place as the original rod went thru. M/C is angled on the firewall to match the hole in the pedal. This is pretty much the same setup (i believe) that you are using? Am getting one inch travel in the fork, using the inner hole in fork. Thought about using the outer hole, thinking that might take less effort, but would also reduce throw of the fork. Also, the car is NOT running, just getting everything setup then will tear down and make the entire car nice, so I dont even know if 1 inch of throw is going to be enough to engage/dissengage the clutch.
     
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    I was running the cnc slave an master on the stock pedal and was only getting around an inch of travel and it worked fine...pedal wasnt extremelh hard to push though
     

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