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GeneralDisorder
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Idea for clutch reservoir

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I was working on a Ford Contour for a friend and when I went to fill the clutch reservoir I was a bit confused.... I simply couldn't find it.

I looked in my Haynes manual which covers all but the last year of the Contour and it said it was under the dash..... Not!

After not finding it anywhere I decided to follow the plumbing from the MC.... turns out on the last year of the contour they just got rid of the reservoir and ran a hose to the Brake MC reservoir. What a cool idea!

Why not cut down the existing reservoir and put a nipple on it for a hose to the Brake reservoir?

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Post by Legacy777 »

That's not a bad idea if it's done right.
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Post by Dr. Gonzo »

Hmmm, or another idea thats probably way more difficult: My car was swapped from an auto to a manual and a cable type clutch went in instead of the hydraulic style clutch. I didn't even think of this till last night when I laid in my 06 intecooler, low and behold it fits great :-)
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Post by GeneralDisorder »

Dr. Gonzo wrote:Hmmm, or another idea thats probably way more difficult: My car was swapped from an auto to a manual and a cable type clutch went in instead of the hydraulic style clutch. I didn't even think of this till last night when I laid in my 06 intecooler, low and behold it fits great :-)
That works if you plan on using NA transmissions. True turbo transmissions are not setup for cable clutches are they entirely different.

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Post by greg donovan »

i wonder if it would be possible to fit the countour clutch MC onto a subaru?

might need to make a couple adapters but i would imagine it could work.

wouldnt be any different than istalling a race setup like a tilton cluch pedal and MC.
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Post by MannyMohawk#5 »

My friend actually got a clutch reservoir off a 92ish Eclipse at a junkyard that had an offset to it, and we trimmed an inch off and it fit/worked great. But the idea of plumbing it from the brake reservoir is pretty cool.
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Post by GeneralDisorder »

I'll have a look at my buddy's 91 eclipse and check out that reservoir on there. Thanks for the tip.

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