Teddy952

I accidentally cracked the master cylinder reservoir while trying to remove the clutch master cylinder feed line. The crack is right where the feed line connects to the reservoir. This got me thinking about deleting the feed line altogether. If I removed the nipple that the feed line connects to I could use JB Weld to seal the hole.
I'm thinking of using a clutch reservoir connected to the chassis just above the clutch cylinder. A line from the bottom of this reservoir would connect to the clutch cylinder.
This billet option is a bit pricey but will give you the idea...
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/RGB-99000-4501N/

Anyone remove the stock feed line and use another reservoir for the clutch hydraulics?

User 52121

Yep. I just used a basic plastic reservoir off of a motorcycle I had kicking around. Re-used the blue hose, and just stuffed the reservoir over in the corner next to the fusebox (but on the engine side of the firewall.)

The one I used was a spare front reservoir off of one of my old race bikes - 2005 Yamaha R6. Can find them on eBay for less than $20.

Teddy952

Thanks for the info Omni.

How did you cap off the feed from the master cylinder?
How is bleeding the clutch master/slave with a remote reservoir?

User 52121

I stuck a small piece of hose on the nipple with an oversized bolt in the other end along with a hose clamp. Works fine, its sealed well enough that it doesn't leak when I pressurize it with my pressure bleeder.

As for bleeding the clutch, it's no different (though I use the 2-person pedal pump method).

Teddy952

Ill clean and seal the hole with JB and get a reservoir somewhere. I got everything apart at the moment so I should be able to bench bleed the clutch master/slave prior to install.

Thanks again Omni!

Ronin-951

If you were selling that car, I'd walk, just on that item ... what's next that you don't want to fix correctly?

User 52121

How is this an incorrect fix?

Personally I consider a separate reservoir for the clutch an upgrade. It's much easier to bleed when not dealing with that stupid baffle in the stock reservoir, which pretty much guarantees you'll suck air a few times before you finally get it bled.

To the OP - for your master reservoir, I *think* you can swap in a reservoir from a 944 N/A that came with an automatic. Not sure on that though - might be worth looking into.

Turbo17

The stock reservoir has two walls on the passenger side. The inner wall has an opening that allows fluid into the space between them. Fluid must flow between those walls towards the front of the car and then to the clutch reservoir half. These double walls make it impossible to access the interior of the reservoir where the clutch nipple is found. It's really hard to clean the reservoir there and you won't be able to get to the inside of the reservoir near the clutch tubing fitting. I presume you can stuff enough sealant in from the outside, but you won't get a nice plug formed there.

Teddy952

Omni -- Thanks for the tip on the 944 manual reservoir, Ill look into that.

Ronin -- Care to answer Omni's question as to why this is an incorrect fix?

Turbo17 -- Thanks for the information about the double wall. I believe patching the outside wall with JB will do the trick. Time will tell....

supes6

Easiest way is to just head down to the local parts yard and grab one from an old honda accord or S10 pickup. I picked up 2 for $15 a few weeks ago. The motorcycle reservoirs are tiny and may cause problems.