Trying to repair my son's 1989 F150 4x4. 5.0 motor with T18 and Borg Warner transfer case. Confirmed with the VIN that it left the factory with a 5.0. This truck has a hydraulic clutch with an external slave cylinder.

This started as a simple clutch job, but everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. And in trying to show him how to do this repair, it has actually cost me more $$ than if I had done the whole job myself.

I need to replace the plastic clutch line from the clutch master cylinder to the slave cylinder now, as the fitting got damaged today before I even got all tools out on what was supposed to be the last day of repairs, Take 4.

But in trying to look up a replacement line, all I am finding are non-T18 replacements. I have checked the usual auto parts places and RockAuto, is this a custom line or an OEM part?

The fittings take a roll-pin retainer, it appears.

 

If there is no off-the-shelf solution, I guess a fully custom line is all I can hope to do?

 

If you can't find a clutch line you may have to make a custom one as long as it can fit the master cylinder and the fitting on the slave cylinder, but you would have to find a replacement fitting in order to do that.

Also try ebay, won't believe the stuff I've found for parts for all of my old relic projects.

 

I need to get some pictures, from what I can tell, I have the metal fittings like normally found at the clutch master cylinder at both ends.

 

Junkyard.