Yeah, that's what I was afraid of. I just checked o'reilly's to see what it would be for a new clutch hose and it's $82 bucks! Yikes...
But the new one has a rubber end and a solid metal end, the one that's on the truck right now is all metal. So I guess if it ever breaks I'll get the one that's part rubber so I can bend it around if I need to. Then again, I guess it's part rubber to absorb vibration from the engine too? The master is mounted on the firewall and obviously the slave is on the transmission so there's bound to be plenty of movement on that line whenever the engine starts up or what have you.
I'll try not tilting the slave cylinder at first and bleeding it, failing that I'll just jack the whole front right side of truck up as far as I can to get that bleed valve on top. If that doesn't work I guess I'll do my best not to break the line.... But I might need to wait a while, it's 19 degrees outside right now and of course the truck never breaks down in the garage. So it's sitting at the bottom of the driveway in a ditch...
Thanks!