[jkolb]

Great stroke of luck to catch this in time! My wife had the same luck with a Porsche once - less than a quart of oil left in the engine.

The clam is too easy to remove not to do this repair properly e.g., either a new factory hose or a complete new hose fabbed up by a good hydraulic shop. The old fitting is crimped under great pressure and is not usable once it has pulled apart. I was able to remove my clam with no help in about 2 hours working very slowly and methodically using info on this forum and in the manual. Ended up sliding it off of the front and rolling it up to vertical with a large piece of foam on the garage floor padding the nose. Needed help to guide it back into place, but this too was easy.

Jerry