My remote res solution (pics)

[equate975]

After several trials and errors I finally have a pretty good workable solution.

We started out with some 1/4 inch stainless steel pipe couplers and machined them to fit in the MC.





After a lot of playing around I ended up with a braided stainless steel hose that connects the MC to the res.

First up I got some 1/2 inch brass pipe fittings attached to the res via jb weld the flanges of the plastic pipe fit PERFECTLY and with a dab of jb weld these things are on surprisingly tight.





That my friends is a faucet line fixture thing, I tested it by running and soaking it in brake fluid and it holds up. The tricky part was to get it to connect to my 1/4 inch coupler.

I spent 1.5 hours in home depot trying to figure this out, and this was the simple solution



So these are the hoses connected to the fittings





There was also a bracket machined to be held down by a zip tie to make sure the fittings dont pop out ever.

Heres a good shot



Just for some good safety measure I used some lock tite pipe/everything compound putty to seal the ends, there is an O-ring below the 1/4 coupler that was machined to make it a pretty tight fit in the first place.




And the finished product








Parts:

2x 12" stainless steel faucet connectors, 1/2 pipe thread on one end, 3/8 compressed thread on the other

2x 3/8 X 1/4 tube with insert MIP connector (mip connector not used)

2x Machined stainless steel 1/4 inch pipe couplers

1x bracket

1x 2" 1/2 inch brass pipe cut to fit

JB Weld, and Locktite putty

[equate975]

Yeah dont worry about the pic with the res on backwards lol

[Jordan]

Why didnt you use the OEM parts widely available.

That setup looks ghetto as all hell, and will likely rupture at a innopropriate time. Home faucet parts aren't designed to be enduring brake fluid, let alone borderline boiling brake fluid.

[AndrewBird]

Why didnt you use the OEM parts widely available.

That setup looks ghetto as all hell, and will likely rupture at a innopropriate time. Home faucet parts aren't designed to be enduring brake fluid, let alone borderline boiling brake fluid.

Ditto. I agree completely. While bench testing might have showed that the hoses can withstand brake fluid, real life testing I believe will prove that they will not be up to the task.

[joshh]

You can easily replace those water lines with solid tubing. If you know where your going to put it.
Your remote idea is great but it needs some refinement.
Are the fittings going into the res just nipples. If so I would clean the extra jb weld off use some gasket material and use 2 nuts on both sides of the nipple. The brake fluid will expand and contract eventually causing brake failure and I would imagine very quickly.

[equate975]

Yeah, well I have options to play with. I can easily replace the SS lines with brake/clutch lines if i can find them big enough. The jb weld you are reffering to was pipe putty. The fittings that go into the the res have a neoprene o-ring, and with the plate on top it does not leak. I used a pvc type suringe to get as much pressure as I could in it, and it did not leak. I just put the pipe putty on for good measue. I tried gasket sealer but it couldnt keep a strong seal to the aluminum and just worked its way off.

EDIT: I misunderstood your post, yeah the nipple on the res are held in by jb weld. I tried to pop them off yesterday to get some 90 degree bends in it and.. they WONT come off lol. I can break the jbweld seal if I try hard enough, but they will only move down about 4 mm. I put the nipple in a vice and tried to pull it off, but after about 10 min I decided not to mess with it because I did not want to break the plastic res nipples off again.

[joshh]

Remove the lines, clean up the JB weld and add a nut with gasket material and teflon tape to the threads. That should make sure the JB weld doesn't expand and contract much.

[equate975]

I FOUND IT!!!

Check this guys

http://www.pegasusautoracing.com/ProductSelection.asp?Product=3260

brake hose by the foot :)

[joshh]

I would have someone do the fittings for you. Like Oil Filter Service of Portland. Thats all they do really.