ah yes, mine is the 'green stripe' one. Phew!! :o) I brought my old clutch home as a bit of a "this is another crap thing off Flopsy" sort of souvenier - Andy and Tony did have a few, what can only be described as "totally Essex" terms for the state of the old clutch - terms that I dont think can be repeated on this newsgroup, but suffice to say it wasnt in particularly good condition ;o) Cheers Claire #2292, etc DOC170 --- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd <martin@...> wrote: > > Depends what you call "splitting" as to whether that's bad. The hose we > use (and used when you did your rad, if we had any at the time) is > double-braided, unlike the original stuff. Orignal stuff has (from the > inside to out) rubber, braiding, rubber and the walls can be only 3-4mm > thick. The stuff we use with the big green stripe on it is really thick > and has an outer layer of braiding which is rubberised. This outer > rubber coating is just a finish and will crack under enthusiastic > hose-clamp tightening. I'm sure it'll be fine if it's got a big green > stripe on it. > > Two engines and two ecus to play with as of today, oh and another dodgy > clutch bites the dust... > > Martin > #1458 (still 100% original cooling system except for header tank - > because I'm mad > #4426 new everything in the cooling system, except heater matrix. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away.? Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> DOC UK Website: www.deloreans.co.uk Unsubscribe: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ** Unless otherwise stated, all messages posted to the group are assumed public and may be printed in the club magazine ** Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/doc-uk/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: doc-uk-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/