W201 Clutch hoses
 

Howdy,

I've been having some problems with my clutch on my manual shift 1984 190d 2.2 lately so I took a peak under the car. What I saw looked to me like the rubber hose going to the slave cylinder is about to go to be with its maker. I looked at the master cylinder and rigid line and they look OK, but the rubber hose looks pretty bad.

My question is, where have any of you got one of these before? My local european parts store doesn't sell hoses with ends, just bulk hose. I haven't tried the dealer but OUCH. I will do some more investigation tomorrow to see if I need a slave cylinder or not, but that's easy to get.

For reference, this is part 598 on group 29 photograph in the parts manual.

Thanks much,

Sholin

There's a place by me that makes hydraulic hoses and fittings that I've used before for both a clutck hose and a power steering hose. I just bring in the old one and they take the fittings off and put them on new hose, for about the price of a new one.

Here's there link: http://www.ormebros.com/

Jim,

Aeroquip certainly makes good stuff. I thought of this today after I picked up a copy of Grassroots Motorsports magazine. They have the low-down on AN fittings and hoses. Although this seems attractive, I don't know if the MB master cyl line or slave cyl would have adaptable fittings.

For those who don't know (I didn't), AN stands for Army/Navy and were fitting standards for aircraft engines during WWII so that engines would be compatible with airframes.

The guys at work suggested I go to a hydraulic hose outfit with the old one and they will recrimp my existing fittings on a new piece of hose. This will work too, but that's probably a day of running around looking for someone to do it. I also wonder how many crimps the old ends would have in them -- they are 20 yrs old.

Has anybody actually bought the real part, new fittings and all? I'll call around some more

Thanks,

Sholin

Edit: Jim, I read your post more carefully. I see you are recommending the same thing the guys at work recommend. Thanks again.