I bought some Copper-Nickel tube to bend the pipes myself for the clutch. Toyota dealers were not helping this time, the original pipes were not available anymore. I also found the correct pipe fittings for the M12x1 thread and some other parts.
I was mentally prepared for the hardest part, the pipe going under the car. It turned out to be extremely difficult.
Everything went well to the point when I noticed that I had bent the pipe too much and it had collapsed. I got really pissed and left the garage to think the whole thing over again. Next day I got a call from a friend asking about computers, but some reason we soon spoke about the cars. He then wondered why I didn’t get a steel braided line for the clutch and I had to tell him that my local hydraulics shop couldn’t make me a hose with M12x1 ends. He couldnt’t believe me, so I said that I’ll call the hydraulics shop again.
The answer was still “no”. Not possible for M12x1. Rare thread.
Then, suddenly, I found a adapter to change the M12x1 to M10x1, and voil
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