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I'm about ready to lose my mind.
My 1994 B2300 leaks fluid right where the clutch master cylinder hose connects to the fitting on the slave cylinder on the transmission. I can't get the hose out of the fitting even with the "special tool" designed for that purpose (the sliding plastic ring is cobbed up and/or there's some other problem). What are my most economical options?
1. To break the fitting and replace the whole slave cylinder unit, and pray that I can get the hose out of the fitting without damaging it?
2. To break the hose itself and pray that I don't damage the fitting? The hose is not sold separately, I would need to but an entire new master cylinder assembly to get the hose. On the other hand, the fitting of the slave cylinder is probably the problem, and the leak is probably only a worn 15-cent rubber O-ring on the end of the hose.
I need to drop the transmission anyway to replace the rear main seal, so putting in a new slave cylinder is not a big deal. My problem is how to remove the hose with the least amount of damage to components (we have extremely little money).
and what I'd love to know above all else, is why the geniuses decided to put a more complex and expensive hydraulic clutch system in a little 4-cylinder truck, when a good old-fashioned cheaper mechanical system is all that's needed ??? Why can't they use the old-style hydraulic fittings, like brake hose fittings... what's with the "special" fittings anyway? Why can't someone invent a time machine so I can go back in time when cars were simpler?
My 1994 B2300 leaks fluid right where the clutch master cylinder hose connects to the fitting on the slave cylinder on the transmission. I can't get the hose out of the fitting even with the "special tool" designed for that purpose (the sliding plastic ring is cobbed up and/or there's some other problem). What are my most economical options?
1. To break the fitting and replace the whole slave cylinder unit, and pray that I can get the hose out of the fitting without damaging it?
2. To break the hose itself and pray that I don't damage the fitting? The hose is not sold separately, I would need to but an entire new master cylinder assembly to get the hose. On the other hand, the fitting of the slave cylinder is probably the problem, and the leak is probably only a worn 15-cent rubber O-ring on the end of the hose.
I need to drop the transmission anyway to replace the rear main seal, so putting in a new slave cylinder is not a big deal. My problem is how to remove the hose with the least amount of damage to components (we have extremely little money).
and what I'd love to know above all else, is why the geniuses decided to put a more complex and expensive hydraulic clutch system in a little 4-cylinder truck, when a good old-fashioned cheaper mechanical system is all that's needed ??? Why can't they use the old-style hydraulic fittings, like brake hose fittings... what's with the "special" fittings anyway? Why can't someone invent a time machine so I can go back in time when cars were simpler?
