How to install a slave cylinder 1989 chevy 350

No, do not remove it, it keeps the slave cylinder compressed for ease of installing. When you push the clutch, it break the plastic holder and will cause no problems.

Hi Missy,here's a link on replacing your slave cylinder. Repair Guides Clutch Clutch Master And Slave Cylinder Assembly AutoZone com

You have to bleed the slave like you do the brakes on your truck.
Have a friend help ... pumping the clutch until some pressure builds... then holding the clutch peddle down until you have released the pressure by opening the bleeder valve on the slave cylinder...
repeate until there is sufficient clutching action to satisfy your needs.

easy quick fix is to buy another slave and install it, then bleed the system. to repair a slave cylinder costs more than to buy a new slave cylinder.

The 1985 Impala came standard with the Chevrolet 305 V8. All Chevrolet small block V8's from 265 cubic inches to 400 cubic inches from 1957 to about 1989 used the same block with almost no difference in the castings, so the motor mounts should fit from one block to the next. If you are trying to swap in a 350 newer than 1989, then the motor mounts are different, and you will have to have them fabricated by a local welder, machine shop, or perhaps the best, a local short-track race car driver/builder. Those guys can build anything.

If a newly installed hydraulic kit leaks after 6 months you need to renew the complete master cylinder or slave cylinder unit.
The leaks are occuring because of wear/corrosion in the metal cylinder.

A brand new unit will operate for many years without further trouble.

Open bleeder at slave. Push down on pedal and hold. Tighten bleeder and repeat until fluid is present. Then pump up and bleed remainder of air. Requires two people.

no it doesn't come filled basically you bleed it like a brake system. Fill the master cylinder and pump the clutch, there is a bleeder on the slave cylinder

I actually have the same issue with my '90 Beretta. I have not yet had the time to look at it but I could suggest that either your master or slave clutch cylinder is shot or your clutch linkage needs to be tuned/replaced. A Master clutch will run about $50.00 at your Autozone or Advanced Auto, and the slave is about $40.00. I'm not sure wht the linkage will run you, nor do I know the cost of repair if you decide to have a mechanic fix it for you.

• the slave cylinder is mounted on the bell-housing of the transmission. 
• next to the brake master cylinder (where the brake fluid goes) is a small master cylinder. follow the fluid line coming off it and it will lead you to the slave cylinder.