Re: replacing the plastic line (was "plastic clutchline syndrome?")

[jtrealty@xxxx]

As long as you are buying the clutch line from a Delorean vender, they 
are the best source of first-hand information. They all will spend as 
much time with you on the phone talking you or your mechanic through 
any procedure as long as you buy their parts. As far as replacing the 
line there is no magic way to do it. NEVER reuse the brake fluid and 
use DOT 4. There is a high likelyhood that after flushing out the 
system with the fresh brake fluid you will find that the slave and or 
the master cylinder will start to leak which is why most will tell you 
that as long as you are in there to do the cylinders too so you only 
have to bleed the system once.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote:
> thanks for the replies, everyone!
> 
> tomorrow i will be replacing my plastic line with the steel-braided 
> replacement. should i follow the workshop manual instructions, 
short of 
> seperating frame from body, or is there an easy way?
> 
> for instance, should i just unhook the line at the slave cylinder, 
let all 
> the fluid run out, unhook it from the master cylinder, and then take 
it off 
> the clips that hold it to the chassis or whatever (i haven't 
actually looked 
> at the thing closely yet, so i'm not sure how it all runs yet)? are 
the 
> clips/ties/whatever reusable or should i expect to need to make a 
hardware 
> store run once i see what i am dealing with?
> 
> will the old fluid drain from the slave and master cylinders when i 
unhook 
> the line or will it stay in there? when i replace the fluid, do i 
just dump 
> it into the reservior and follow the bleeding procedures in the shop 
manual?
> 
> any other insights or tips are more than welcome. i will post the 
list how 
> my experience went next week.
> 
> thanks!
> Andy
> 
> Soma576@xxxx
> 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
> Fargo, ND 58102
> 
> 
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