Thanks Scott- Ended up using a piece of string to measure, and managed to remove line with the aid of a sawzall. Guy at the parts store me onto the VW similarity.

The new drivers side line is tight, all is bled in the rear and still no real brake action.

EDIT:
Running the car in the drivway got the rear wheels to lock up, and the drivers side front. The front offside wheel will not lock up.
Pedal still feels odd- sometimes feels like it has brakes and other times not. At one point it felt like ABS was kicking in. I can see the fluid level drop when the peddle is put down and then come back up when released.

Does the clutch supply line come off the brake resevoir from the rear section or the front section?

My next step will be to bleed the fronts and then and the clutch via one of the front bleeder valves. (Didnt do the fronts as it was just a pad change, no leaks involved)

Reading the manual it says to draw off any fluid in the booster. How is this done? A suction device in thru the vacum line port? I pulled the vacum line and the brake peddle got much stiffer but still went to floor...

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