Slave cylinder hydraulic hose

[RCWD21]

I swapped to a manual transmission in my 87 v6 pathfinder, and after getting the crossover pipe installed I noticed the rubber clutch hose was pulled up really right against the exhaust. At first I thought it was the slave cylinder being the wrong one (it came off of a 97 ka hardbody) same thing with the hose itself. But looking online they're the same part number for both the v6 and 4 cylinfer. So what's going on? The only thing I can think of is either the mounting tab isn't bent correctly or the crossover pipe is wrong/ different as it was previously a 3 speed pathfinder.

 

So to sum it up the runner flex hose for the clutch is too short and is pulling up against the exhaust. Without the exhaust the hose was still pretty snug but it had some play in it.

Edited April 29, 2016 by RCWD21

[Cuong Nguyen]

Did you ever get it resolved? Couldn't you bend the hardline to give it some slack?

[RCWD21]

I did actually. To sum it up, the v6 and 4cly pathfinders and hard bodies use different lower hardlines. The 4cly uses a looping line that runs to the frame mount on the passenger side frame rail. The v6 has a mount in a different position that holds a different hardlines that runs around the frame rail. The rubber lines at the same though along with the slave cylinders and dampner and upper hard line. I'm searching for a v6 hardline if anyone has one? V6 manuals are scarse around here.

 

But for now, I've just bent the hell out of the one for a 4cyl line to keep the rubber line away from the exhaust so its driveable.

Edited May 10, 2016 by RCWD21