I am wondering if anyone here knows where I might be able to find a new clutch hydraulic line, from the master to the slave cylinder? The plastic ring on mine was all buggered up from the last time Goodyear tire replaced the clutch. Don't have any idea why the previous owner took it to a tire shop to have the clutch replaced. I ended up having to cut the line in order to get the tranny out so I can rebuild it. Ford does not have it, the people at the ftepartguy.com site (Parr Auto) said online they had it, but then got an email that they looked, didn't have one, even nationwide.

Ford part number is F2TZ-7A512-H

Any ideas? if I cannot find this part, or a way to have one made (if that's possible), I will have to return the rebuild kit & junk the van. Never even got to drive it more than 6 miels, which sucks. Good thing it was given to me, but I already got it registered, inspected (had to replace an inner & an outer tie rod end), etc. If I junk it, that is money I will never get back.

Thanks for any assistance.

John

 

time for a junke yard emporium dog

or,

take the old one out and take it to a hydraulic shop and have them make a custom one on

 

Are the fittings somewhat standard, as opposed to being Ford-specific? I know almost nothing in that area in regard to hydraulics. I know that I have to have a special quick-disconnect tool in order to remove it, that is a piece of metal with a U cutout of it to fit around the fitting.

I have looked in all the junkyards I can (hard without a vehicle, and having to rely on others) and I have not been able to find a 5sp Aerostar.

John

 

also welcome to the FTE Aero forum


Ranger clutch hose should work

new Aero clutch master cylinder appears to come with new hose.
call RockAuto.com

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The hose that is pictured is a new hose, but not the one I need - that one is from the master cylinder to the reservoir, not from the master cylinder to the slave cylinder. Any current or ex-hydraulics guys that can tell me whether the fittings are a somewhat standard part?

I had thought about a Ranger hose, but I think the connection at the master cylinder is different. For us manual guys, the parts stores only list a 92-94 master cylinder as being compatible. I am not sure with the different lenght to go from master to slave, and the different angles, whether that would work.

That, and I am trying to find a new part, if possible. On something as important as a clutch, that if it breaks suddenly can leave you stranded in a position to get in an accident, say as you press down on the pedal going through a corner, with a car headed in the opposite direction, a new part seems so much better.

Thanks for the help, and the nice welcome to the forum. Been reading through old posts, heading backwards in time - I am on page 27 out of 309 total pages! Read 99% of them so far, and lots of useful info. Everyone here seems so helpful, and sometimes it is rare to find that in a forum.

John

 

I used made of steel ore cooper hydraulic lines tubes for cemis and cranes. But now PU Tubes are available. Fittings are cheap too òðóáêà, ïîëèóðåòàí, ãèäðàâëèê, ïíåâìàòèê, ÏÓ, çàìåíèòåëü ìåäíîé òðóáêè (in Russia, i'm sure you will find sourse in the USA easily).

My friend has PU line in his aero. well, all new cemitracktors have PU clutch lines. And brake lines too. Really clutch line pressure is about 5-10 bar only, tubes are 10 bar min rated (100, 250 BAR are available too). So get ore made with lathe fittings for PU tube and use it. no corrosion. cheap. easy to work.

 

two weeks ago I changed bad slave. Damaged line and got a pice of old one, changed nut and soldered it in. really easily!



Who can solder will understand. It was much easier then to pull clutch line out and install new one. To do it I had to pull out Cruise controll unit, battery and I used fire proof textile (old, got on local fire station) to avoid any damage ore fire. 15 min. deal

 

that is an awesome impressive innovative repair pablo

reminds me of America in the 1930s and what they had to do to keep their vehicles running. no parts avail and no money for them. so they made everything from scratch or DIYered a replacement from pieces.

now our shops are just parts throwing replacers.

cliff

 

ouh yeah, but If I want to use different parts, ore just imagine what time you need to change clutch line?

 

That reminds me of a repair I did recently on a copper pipe in my house. Somehow, it developed a pin hole leak. Of course it was in the crawl space between the first and second floor, and flooded the ceiling before noticed it. I had to tear out a lot of soaked dry wall so I could get my hands around it. I should have cut the pipe apart like Pablo did with his brake line to see if it had more damage inside, but I just spot-soldered over the pin hole.

I think you will find a lot of this kind of work in countries that do not have ready access to replacement parts; improvised repairs on broken parts anyway possible to keep something running.

 

It is a clutch line.

 

pablo,

as we know, there are NO clutch master>slave hydraulic lines left on the FoMoCo parts shelves anywhere and haven't been any made in 10 years.

hopefully, the Chinese auto parts manufacturers read our forum and start making some. they have duplicated everything else American.

do you have that problem in Eastern EU, the Chinese duplicating your original parts for 1/3rd the price and 1/10 the quality?

threw away another one of their peanut butter soft drill bit sets yesterday, would not even drill boat fiberglass.

 

Chinese quality is the LEGEND here!

To be truly there are good goods in China, really GOODs. But salers prefere to inport the cheappest parts from China. It is true, that Mercedes, GM, VW have some made in China parts, but they are of good quality. I use to import some electronic things from China myself and I understand that I get good parts if I order them for me, but seems to me importing for someone else I'd like to prefere low price products to get more money, becouse made in China parts are considered to be of low quality aniway.

 

When I put the 4 speed stick in mine I used the original ends and bought tractor trailer air line and just replaced the line. I had to heat the line a little to get it to slide over the barbs and then I clamped it with a high pressure EFI clamp. RB

 

really clutch line pressure is not more then 7-8 BAR, truck air lines are 10-20 bar rated.... Hydravlic brake lines are 300 bar rated, so any line will work well. You can use plastic air lines from semitractors