The final job to finish the hydraulic system was to connect the brake and clutch master cylinders to the 5 way block and slave cylinder respectively. The final coils of cupronickel hydraulic pipes from Pegasus Parts were straightened by hand (gently) and the first tight bends made using a home made mandrel…. a length of aluminium tube held in a vice…. after that, the installation was relatively straightforward.

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The feed pipes from the reservoir were removed for easy access. New pipes strategically bent to match up with the brake and clutch master cylinders
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New stainless pipe clips and  screws secure the 2 lines to the bulkhead
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The clutch line is fixed to a new Goodridge braided hose
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Slightly out of sequence…. Earlier in the week, I reinstalled the original bracket that holds the flexible hose from the end of the clutch pipe feed to the clutch slave cylinder. A steel one had been welded on during the bulkhead rebuild but this had snapped off some time ago. (You can see what’s left of it behind the black bracket)
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Slave cylinder viewed through the inspection hole. There’s just enough room to get a spanner and bleed pipe onto the nipple. A large rubber grommet closes this off normally
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Funky Goodridge stainless braided hose fixed in place
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Feeder pipes connected back up and that’s the hydraulic system complete…. aside from bleeding