Hey guys
I'm in the middle of a 5-speed swap on my iX, and, well, I just realized tonight that the ONLY part I haven't bought yet is the line between the master and slave cylinders. So, I cruise on over to RealOEM, plug the part number into Tischer's website, and HOLY SH!T they want $60 for a freaking HOSE, that will take an unknown amount of time to get (thats my only gripe about getbmwparts.com really, that you can't tell whats in stock and what isn't).
So, I got to thinking...its really only a brake line, the hard part of which I could bend myself using pre-flared brakeline from autozone (I already have the hardline coming from the master out the firewall) with a flex portion to compensate for the different movements between the transmission & body. So I think, where can I find cheap flex line? I log onto Jeg's and find 10" SS braided flex hose, and its only $9.99, and ships tomorrow from Ohio (which is obviously very close to where I live). Only problem is its female to female -03AN. SO, a quick click on adapters finds me -03AN to M10x1.0 adapters for $9.99/pair. SUCCESS!
Basically, I just wanted to run this by the members here and see if it won't work for some reason. I don't see why it wouldn't. To sum it up, it would be (in order from master cylinder to slave cylinder):
stock hardline through firewall
adapter to -03AN
10" -03AN flex hose
adapter back to M10x1.0
Autozone pre-flared M10x1.0 hardline to slave cylinder
All for less than $20, and I know it will be here by Wednesday. Beats ~$60 and unknown arrival time.
What say you all? I know its a lot of adapters and what not, but with mostly new hardware I'm not really worried about leaks.
Chase
I'm in the middle of a 5-speed swap on my iX, and, well, I just realized tonight that the ONLY part I haven't bought yet is the line between the master and slave cylinders. So, I cruise on over to RealOEM, plug the part number into Tischer's website, and HOLY SH!T they want $60 for a freaking HOSE, that will take an unknown amount of time to get (thats my only gripe about getbmwparts.com really, that you can't tell whats in stock and what isn't).
So, I got to thinking...its really only a brake line, the hard part of which I could bend myself using pre-flared brakeline from autozone (I already have the hardline coming from the master out the firewall) with a flex portion to compensate for the different movements between the transmission & body. So I think, where can I find cheap flex line? I log onto Jeg's and find 10" SS braided flex hose, and its only $9.99, and ships tomorrow from Ohio (which is obviously very close to where I live). Only problem is its female to female -03AN. SO, a quick click on adapters finds me -03AN to M10x1.0 adapters for $9.99/pair. SUCCESS!
Basically, I just wanted to run this by the members here and see if it won't work for some reason. I don't see why it wouldn't. To sum it up, it would be (in order from master cylinder to slave cylinder):
stock hardline through firewall
adapter to -03AN
10" -03AN flex hose
adapter back to M10x1.0
Autozone pre-flared M10x1.0 hardline to slave cylinder
All for less than $20, and I know it will be here by Wednesday. Beats ~$60 and unknown arrival time.
What say you all? I know its a lot of adapters and what not, but with mostly new hardware I'm not really worried about leaks.
Chase
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