Thanks Ken. On mine the plastic on the reservoir is all good. But I
appreciate the tip.

Now, WHERE to find the special low pressure brake hose is the trick. Of
course it's NLA at VW.

Jeff

On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 11:36 AM, Kenneth Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net>wrote:

> Jeff,
> Just last week I suspected this hose on my DOKA. Turns out the plastic
> connector at the master cylinder had a crack in it. I replaced it with a
> barbed connector with a ninety degree bend in it. This greatly reduced the
> stress on it as compared to the straight OEM piece.
>
> Ken
>
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> On Tue, November 15, 2011 6:56 pm, Oxroad wrote:
> > Hi Folks.
> >
> > I need the fabric coated rubber hose that runs between the brake cylinder
> > reservoir and the CLUTCH master cylinder for my 83.5 Westfalia.
> >
> > My ETKA is acting funny but it looks like the part is N 900 807 01 "hose
> > for hydraulic clutch operation" which is NLA from VW.
> >
> > Is there an alternative out there? Is it simply 8mm fuel line? Here's the
> > kicker, the rubber hose under the fabric coating appears to be blue in
> > color which is what has me suspect.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeff
> > 83.5 Westy
> > LA,CA
> >
> >
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