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On Wed, 2003-09-03 at 13:29, Shad Laws wrote: > Hello- > > > My only words of advice: do NOT, repeat, do NOT use the nylon line that > comes with the kits! ISP is currently in the process of converting their > kit over to hard lines (due to problems that some people, including myself > AND the owners of the shop, have had). It's really simple to do. The > threads are all 1/8"NPT. Go to the FLAPS and get fittings that go from > 1/8"NPT to a standard brake line fitting. Then, buy brake lines to hook it > up. To allow flexibility in the rear for slave cylinder movement, put a > loop into the line. Please trust me on this one... I lost a LOT of money > discovering the need for a solid, non-compliant line! > I just got done repairing the one on my Dakota 4x4 pickup. It has all plastic parts, including the cylinders. The cylinders have metal sleeves on the inside, but that is just held in by o-rings. The line between the master and slave is just 5/16" plastic tubing. The failure mode was that the clutch fork in the bell housing broke, and in turn I pushed too hard on the pedal and broke the rod from the pedal to the master cylinder. This is not a part that you can buy seperately. I got a salvage yard set, but found that the slave cylinder was full of rust, and also would not fit on my bell housing. I cut and spliced the line and reused my old slave cylinder. I used 5/16" industrial air line fittings rated for 250 psi. I calculated the pressure on the line at only about 100psi under normal conditions. This is on an 11" truck clutch. Our clutches should not need much more than that even on compitition engines. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org