Clutch hose
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The best clutch hose is the original one. Keep it away from the hot exhaust pipe though. Most have survived 50 years without issue. Sexy looking no. But good quality yes.
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Imho forget the Banjo music and fit as original lol.
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Alan.b Brittany 1972 elan sprint fhc Lagoon Blue 0460E
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I fitted a clutch hose with a 90 degree bend at the master end and a banjo at the slave.This allows me to move the slave cylinder forwards without removing the hose just enough to remove it before hitting the exhaust manifold.I can then bleed it whilst kneeling at the drivers side and pushing the clutch pedal by hand.Much easier than bleeding from under the car as i could never quite get the bleed nipple to the top.
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hi Alfa dave,
you know if you have a brake pipe tool and a short flexible brake hose you can make one yourself.
Like the original and no problems. Why re-invent the wheel, it was ok for 70 years!!!!!!!!
Yes i know i like to keep original but that's me.
Alan
you know if you have a brake pipe tool and a short flexible brake hose you can make one yourself.
Like the original and no problems. Why re-invent the wheel, it was ok for 70 years!!!!!!!!
Yes i know i like to keep original but that's me.
Alan
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2cams70 wrote:The best clutch hose is the original one. Keep it away from the hot exhaust pipe though. Most have survived 50 years without issue. Sexy looking no. But good quality yes.
My original one didn't have the option to position it anywhere else. The metal end got hot and the red plastic melted within it and failed (see pic- you can see the melted part that extruded from the fitting). My former Esprit used the same type of red plastic line originally, horrible stuff- expands a bit under pressure, not so bad for a short run like in an Elan but woefully inadequate for applications like a Esprit that are more than six feet long.
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Never seen that before with red plastic.
Only kunifer parts and brake hose flexible.
Alan
Only kunifer parts and brake hose flexible.
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