[wildwestrider]

The local window tint shop came by to pick up my 92 968 this morning to redo one window. They called me 1/2 hour later telling me that the clutch pedal had dropped to the floor and that Hydraulic fluid was squirting out of a hose in the engine bay if they pulled the clutch pedal up and pushed it back down.



Is this hose easily replaced?..or is it something I want done by a local dealer or independent shop??



Any recommendations in Austin TX for a shop other than the porsche dealer??



Brian Collins

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[Greimann]

The hose is easy enough to replace if you have done these kinds of things before. The tricky part is bleeding the system and a Motive Power bleeder is invaluable in this case.

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[Tom in Austin]

Funny, I had the same thing happen on the Lamar Bridge one night at about 5:30 ... there are actually two hoses, one that goes from the master cylinder resevoir to the clutch master cyl. It's covered in blue fabric, costs about a $ from Paragon in Corpus (next day by ground) and goes on pretty easily.



The other one goes from clutch master down to the slave cylinder and is more difficult.



I like to use NW Imports on Pond Springs Rd. Ask for David.

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[Greimann]

This is a predictible failure. A LOT of cars have had this hose blow out in the past couple of years. They made it out of some kind of rubber that is inferior to brake hose, which is normally used in any other flexible clutch line. I replaced mine out of fear of being stranded somewhere. The first picture is the old hose, the second is the braided hose I had made up at a hose place. A factory replacement is satisfactory too, but if you get a chance one day, perhaps while doing a maintenance brake bleed, replace this hose.







       

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[SILVY968]

[quote name='Greimann' date='Feb 6 2006, 06:40 PM']This is a predictible failure. A LOT of cars have had this hose blow out in the past couple of years. They made it out of some kind of rubber that is inferior to brake hose, which is normally used in any other flexible clutch line. I replaced mine out of fear of being stranded somewhere. The first picture is the old hose, the second is the braided hose I had made up at a hose place. A factory replacement is satisfactory too, but if you get a chance one day, perhaps while doing a maintenance  brake bleed, replace this hose.



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Sounds like a 968 Engineering part to save us the trouble of taking out the bad or blown hose and finding a hose shop etc, etc.

A daily driver guy can't afford the time and will replace with an OEM. I'd rather have the braided version.

If it was a 968 Engineering part, what would the guess price be?

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[Greimann]

I have done some cursory research on sourcing the fittings and they are difficult, if not impossible to find for a garage hobbyist. Even my hydraulic guy couldn't find them, but he mainly deals with NPT, SAE and JIC spec hardware. People who make brake hoses may have a different channel to these things, but not something I am prepared to pursue right now. Typically a hydraulic hose shop can turn these things around in few hours to a day if you bring in your own hose.

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[josephsc]

[quote name='Greimann' date='Feb 7 2006, 09:27 AM']I have done some cursory research on sourcing the fittings and they are difficult, if not impossible to find for a garage hobbyist.[/quote]

Could you get those fittings from a bunch of 944 parts cars at a dismantler? They'd be used, but there must be plenty lying around...

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[biotechee]

My guess would be you could use the fittings from an parts car as long as they don't involve any type of deformation for sealing (flaring, crimping, compression, etc.). If they do use some sort of deformation to seal, you'd have to get new pieces.

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[jww968]

$50 for the complete hose from 944online. Is there any difference between the 944 and 968 hose? If not, there is not a lot of margin to make it attractive for someone to build them up.

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[Greimann]

Sure, one could possibly scour the parts yards to get donor fittings, but that isn't going to be me. Not time effective. I gladly share my resources and how-to's. For those without the skills or tools to do the actual work, then I'll sell those items through my web site. But there is no special skill required to get a braided line made locally.



The 944s and S2 (but not turbo) hoses can be adapted with some slight bending. Paragon sells those for $32. Much cheaper than the $80 some places get for the genuine 968 part number. That would be the way to go.

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[josephsc]

I was thinking more like calling up PartsHeaven saying, "how much for all the fittings ya got?" I'm sure they throw a bunch out each month...

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