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1. 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2000 09:38:57 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; Hi All, Looks like the hydraulic fluid is leaking out at the junction of the line and the master cylinder. The metal clutch line screws into an adapter nut and this nut screws onto the master cylinde; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01421.html (7,589 bytes)
2. RE: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 17:12:25 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; Odds are good that you can buy a replacement line of more or less the correct length at your local auto parts store. You will need the "bubble flare" type. Then you will have to spend a few dollars t; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01724.html (8,654 bytes)
3. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 14:53:12 -0700; NOTE: NEVER use brake line in the place of hydraulic nor hydraulic line in the place of brake line ...NEVER!!! They are completely different and will not stand up the the chemical compositions of the; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01725.html (9,591 bytes)
4. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 19:43:33 EDT; << NOTE: NEVER use brake line in the place of hydraulic nor hydraulic line in the place of brake line ...NEVER!!! They are completely different and will not stand up the the chemical compositions of; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01729.html (8,070 bytes)
5. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:54:55 EDT; << NOTE: NEVER use brake line in the place of hydraulic nor hydraulic line in the place of brake line ...NEVER!!! They are completely different and will not stand up the the chemical compositions of; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01738.html (8,140 bytes)
6. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 04:48:54 EDT; I think this needs a bit of explaining. I guess that conventional hydraulic systems use a hydraulic oil whereas automotive clutch and brake systems while operating on hydraulic principles actually us; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01751.html (8,311 bytes)
7. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 03:02:15 -0700; Close, just keep in mind the 'chemical' difference. That's what matters. It's kind of like putting a solvent, which came in a can, into a plastic jug. The next day you find it all over the floor. You; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01752.html (9,338 bytes)
8. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 08:03:25 EDT; << Yes, brake lines are 'hydraulic'.... but they can not be used for 'hydraulic fluids'! Only brake fluid. Not to beat a subject to death, and thanks for the reply, but where, in our Spridgets, do we; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01756.html (8,561 bytes)
9. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 07:56:00 -0500; But in our LBC's, ........... brake and Clutch lines are interchangeable ................. because we use the same fluid in both...................... we are supposed to be using the same fluid in bo; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01758.html (10,206 bytes)
10. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 15:28:12 -0400; Shocks! But then they use "fork" oil. Not to be confused with brake fluid or hydraulic oil. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ The bug in the rice bowl http://www.exit109.com/~spritenut; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01759.html (9,201 bytes)
11. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 17:10:34 EDT; OK...I see now...But... In a Spridget I've always used brake fluid in the clutch MC and hence line and slave cylinder...have I been wrong all these years? Is that why they keep going out The subject; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01761.html (9,262 bytes)
12. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:00:43 -0700; The point I was trying to make is don't go to the local hydraulic shop for a brake hose... unless they can supply DOT certified, brake fluid compatible hose. You're right, we use brake fluid for bot; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01765.html (9,628 bytes)
13. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:05:35 -0700; Good point Frank. Fork oil being the choice over motor oil.; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01766.html (9,600 bytes)
14. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 16:28:47 -0700; You've been doing it right; brake fluid in the clutch MC and (subsequently) slave cylinder. The way we all do it, right. IMHO, the reason we have to rebuild our master, clutch and slave cylinders mo; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01767.html (10,482 bytes)
15. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:34:48 -0600; that use I'll jump into this subject. A couple of years back I replaced my brake master cylinder ('72 MKIII) with a new, in the coated wax paper, Lockheed unit. I drive my car about once a week in g; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01769.html (9,075 bytes)
16. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 23:04:23 -0400; that use systems. times a My car is a daily driver, but a Morris. My M/cyl goes about 10 years between overhaul or replace. Conservatively 150,000 miles. The rear brakes, which are the same as bug e; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01771.html (9,105 bytes)
17. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:04:07 -0700; that use systems. times a I replaced my brake master cylinder, clutch master cylinder, brake hoses, rear brake slave cylinders, and clutch slave cylinder in 1985. The car has been driven an average o; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01773.html (9,533 bytes)
18. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 04:12:10 -0400; Use an ole racer's trick-put a small piece of sponge under the push rods of your master cylinder- it sops the brake fluid up. Not a permanent solution, but it keeps your feet dry. Roger Cotting 1960; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01777.html (9,464 bytes)
19. RE: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 13:44:33 -0400charset="iso-8859-1"; I have a dual-circuit master cylinder and late-model brakes on my Bugeye. I replace the brake fluid once or twice a year with new Castrol, whenever it starts looking cloudy in the M/C. I have never h; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01789.html (10,769 bytes)
20. Re: 1275 clutch fluid line (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:07:43 -0400; Hi All One thing that I didn't respond to on this thread, is that if you have a pinion seal start to leak and it gets gear oil on the rear brake hose, the hose will swell and eventually close off or; /html/spridgets/2000-08/msg01790.html (7,892 bytes)

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