jwillman

In my research I seen multiple posts that talk about the blue hose and green wire with near reverence.

I am about to tackle the clutch and brake system on my 1979 and am trying to figure out if I need an OEM replacement for the blue hose or is there a suitable alternative? Would I condemn myself to non-runner hell for even thinking about not having a real blue hose?

Same questions apply to the green wire. Anything special about it's construction that requires an OEM replacement should I find the need?

Thanks
Jim

DonS

IIRC the green wire is a shielded (wrapped) single conductor with a specific impedance so go with the original.

AO

Green wire is special, Blue hose isn't except that it needs to be able to resist brake fluid.

Mrmerlin

the blue hose is indeed special its made of a silicone hose wrapped with blue thread it is made to resist brake fluid and it doesnt need any kind of clamps to hold on to the reservoir or the clutch master feed tube.
Roger sells it you need about 14 in. IIRC

AO

There's special, and then there's special. If he found a suitible generic hose that was up to the task, I would say go fot it. It's not molded in any special shape, so a generic equiv should work.

It's not under pressure, so it shouldn't need clamps. That said, I added spring clamps to mine becasue I sometimes use a pressure bleeder and once had the hose pop off the reservoir. What a mess...

Mrmerlin

if you get the ATE blue hose it will never slip off the ports unless you slice it with a razor, once its on it on for good .
14inches is a good size to use i am doing this now the old hose was some rubber fuel line and has filled the reservoir with black crud.
After a reservoir wash out it looks new, of course a new brake MC is also going in..
FWIW keep brake bleeding pressure to under 15PSI or the reservoir can blow off the MC BTDT

danglerb

There are other hoses that handle the heat better, but not for $14.

The green wire is a coax high temperature wire, but the connector is unique and fails first, so kinda hard to do a generic replacement any cheaper.