Clutch hose + bleeding

[Nefarious]

Oh joy. Finally got the new starter on and rigged up a second ground lead for the engine. At the eleventh hour it all fired up, and it looked like, against the odds, I was going to make it to the Saturday trackday after all.
Then the car decided to piss all its hyrdaulic fluid all over the garage floor.
It seems that in all my efforts to get the starter going with a faulty earth, it had actually been grounding out through the clutch hose, and melted the rubber on the inside. At least its only a hose. But can I find anyone that sells them?

So, enough moaning, a few questions:

1) Any ideas where to buy a clutch hose (looks like braided brake pipe, but I'm not sure if the fittings are the same)

2) Is the clutch reservoir under the glued-in black plastic "blister" next to the brake fluid reservoir?

3) Is there any reason you can use a standard EZ bleed kit to bleed the clutch?

Any other tips, or forewarning of problems I might encounter woould be most appreciated.

[sonnylad]

Hi, sorry to hear your problem, and cant help with sourcing hose, but yes reservoir is under black blister as you call it, and a bleed hose is fitted as standard, its tied up at the rear of engine.

Hope this helps a bit

Russ

[brogenville]

Sorry to hear that mate. EZ bleed worked fine for me bleeding my clutch, so at least that bits not too bad.

[Byker28i]

Hum - I know clever trevor sold them, just can't find his website at the moment...

[Nefarious]

Pirtek has come to the rescue and made one up for me. Hopefully, I can get it on this afternoon and the car can turn a wheel again under its own power for the first time in 6 weeks

[Cooky]

I made a hose up myself a while back (it helps that we have been a Goodridge reseller for about 20 years ) I also added about 6 inches to its overall length as the original is of poor design making it a bugger to get at the bleed nipple in the end... can't really take credit for this as it was Joo who came up with the idea.

Any replacement should be a PTFE lined hose with a stainless outer braiding or at least made from EPDM rubber and then protected with some form of a heatshield or protective wrap. Standard Nitrile rubber SAE 100 R1 or R2 Hydraulic hose(Now DIN or EN Specs) is not really suited due to the high temperatures within the engine bay and dependant upon the type of fluid you are using, may create some compatability issues.