Clunk
16th January 2015, 08:28 PM
Righteo folks, long story short, the clutch hose has sprung a leak. Became an absolute bitch trying to select any gears and found the master clutch reservoir empty.
The leak is where the brackets holds the hose just above the passenger chassis rail and at this stage only when the clutch pedal is depressed.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/clunk71/20150116_120937_zpsff6d383f.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/clunk71/media/20150116_120937_zpsff6d383f.jpg.html)
At the end of the clutch hose is a metal block (not slave cylinder end), and from that block 2 metal pipes/tubes are bolted into it. one goes off along the bulkhead to the, the other goes to a bleeder nipple which sits right next to my fuel filter. So it would appear tha my system has 2 bleeder nipples, this one and another at the slave cylinder.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/clunk71/20150116_170733_zps3ea5d3e4.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/clunk71/media/20150116_170733_zps3ea5d3e4.jpg.html)
So in order to get home, got some DOT3 brake fluid and proceeded to refill and bleed the system using the bleeder screw above (was too much work getting under the car)
So now I'm looking for a bit of assistance with what is the correct clutch hose to get, apparently there's possibly a few different sorts.
Road runner have this one http://www.roadrunneroffroad.com.au/Nissan-GQ-GU-Patrol-30855-01J10-Clutch-Hose-Assembly-Bleeding-Braided.html,
which apparently is to replace replace this with a steel damper line with a coil in it (kind of looks similar to my steel line but mine doesn't have a coil)
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2015/01/11.jpg
ATOC have this one http://www.atocauto.com.au/proddetail.asp?prod=30855_01J10&cat=20, which only has one inlet so negating the need for the extra bleed screw. Which probably means only being able to bleed the system from the slave cylinder end under the car.
Patrolapart has this one http://www.patrolapart.com.au/product/-cylinders-hoses/nissan-patrol-clutch-hose-td42 and this one http://www.patrolapart.com.au/product/-cylinders-hoses/nissan-patrol-gq-amp-maverick-clutch-hose-tb42-td42
Yeah and now I'm confused.................... help please, I'm not sure how long the current clutch hose will hold out for.
The leak is where the brackets holds the hose just above the passenger chassis rail and at this stage only when the clutch pedal is depressed.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/clunk71/20150116_120937_zpsff6d383f.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/clunk71/media/20150116_120937_zpsff6d383f.jpg.html)
At the end of the clutch hose is a metal block (not slave cylinder end), and from that block 2 metal pipes/tubes are bolted into it. one goes off along the bulkhead to the, the other goes to a bleeder nipple which sits right next to my fuel filter. So it would appear tha my system has 2 bleeder nipples, this one and another at the slave cylinder.
http://i1124.photobucket.com/albums/l570/clunk71/20150116_170733_zps3ea5d3e4.jpg (http://s1124.photobucket.com/user/clunk71/media/20150116_170733_zps3ea5d3e4.jpg.html)
So in order to get home, got some DOT3 brake fluid and proceeded to refill and bleed the system using the bleeder screw above (was too much work getting under the car)
So now I'm looking for a bit of assistance with what is the correct clutch hose to get, apparently there's possibly a few different sorts.
Road runner have this one http://www.roadrunneroffroad.com.au/Nissan-GQ-GU-Patrol-30855-01J10-Clutch-Hose-Assembly-Bleeding-Braided.html,
which apparently is to replace replace this with a steel damper line with a coil in it (kind of looks similar to my steel line but mine doesn't have a coil)
http://www.nissanpatrol.com.au/forums/images/imported/2015/01/11.jpg
ATOC have this one http://www.atocauto.com.au/proddetail.asp?prod=30855_01J10&cat=20, which only has one inlet so negating the need for the extra bleed screw. Which probably means only being able to bleed the system from the slave cylinder end under the car.
Patrolapart has this one http://www.patrolapart.com.au/product/-cylinders-hoses/nissan-patrol-clutch-hose-td42 and this one http://www.patrolapart.com.au/product/-cylinders-hoses/nissan-patrol-gq-amp-maverick-clutch-hose-tb42-td42
Yeah and now I'm confused.................... help please, I'm not sure how long the current clutch hose will hold out for.