[peteb]

Hello,

Maybe I can offer some reassurance.

My 944's slave cylinder failed overnight in my garage. It was fine when I parked the car. The next morning I pushed on the clutch pedal, it went to the floor and stayed there. There was a puddle of brake fluid under the slave cylinder.

The the 944's power spring (the spring attached to the pedal inside the car) will account the pedal on the floor. If there is no brake fluid, or brake fluid and air mixed, the clutch's spring will not be able push back on the power spring and the clutch pedal stays on the floor.

I just needed to replace the slave and bleed the system to fix this issue. I used my brake power bleeder. It took a while and a fair amount of fluid. It may help to lift the car level or slightly unmount the slave cylinder such that the air bubbles will travel to the back of the cylinder and the bleed valve. This could be an issue if the front of the car is lifted front more than the back.

Your clutch install is most likely good.

Peter