Quote Originally Posted by brosher

What's the best method to make repairs to the hose? Can I just use a little container to catch the fluid when I disconnect the line in the picture above?
I cleanly removed the hose from the hardline - sure I dropped maybe an ounce or two on a rag/street, but other than that it seems as though the fluid is pretty well vacuum held - it didn't want to leave the hard pipe very easily. best bet, prepare your new length of hose (you have to cut it yourself) and in one swift motion, remove the old how and put the new on. Hold the new hose high as if it were leading to the resevoir this will keep it from running out.

Oh also, I forgot to mention that i evacuated the resevoir of fluid with my fluid pump though you could use a turkey baster or a fluid syringe. I only removed about 2 ounces if that before the resevoir was "empty".