AHLEV8R
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I want to replace the metal brake lines on the '95 I'm redoing for a friend.
Any suggestions on where to get them?
Thanks.
Any suggestions on where to get them?
Thanks.
Brake Lines (pipes)
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i just had to do this, let me tell ya WUT a PITA it is to find all the right fittings and lines. Basicalyl all of the stuff is at your local part stores, they usually sell 60" pipes so you have to union 2 60s and a 3rd smaller one, but make sure u use the european type line.
etc1006
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I'll be right back with a link to my adventures 2 weekends ago.... Get the 60" ($4.99)ones from Autozone, they have an anticorrosion coating (black)on them. Plus you can cut them to fit.
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=59072
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=59072
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AHLEV8R
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Thank you.
Craig
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Craig
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning."
- Louis L'Amour
etc1006
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No prob! Good luck!
I ran across an advertisement in grassroots motorsports saying that the company will prebend any tubing including brake lines and that they have 22,000 different prebent oem brake lines. The problem with doing it yourself is that the fittings are all different sizes and the flare that is used is not a common one. Ill see if I can find the companies name.
F-22 Raptor SHO
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The autozone double flairing tool worked well for me on lines. Having prebent ones would be nice, I can reflair an end easier than bending straight pipes.
From another post by SonicRiot:
Ok. Here's what I found:
-The lines are double wall steel (as usual. The ONLY acceptable brakelines!)
-Ford uses two different flares on each end.
-The proportioning valve end of the line has a 13mm Flare nut with an ISO metric flare (bubble flare).
-The flexible line end of the line has a 7/16" flare nut (my metrics wouldn't fit. May have been an 11mm or a 3/8". Too much corrosion to tell.) The flare is an inverted double flare.
-The brake line is 3/16"
I remedied this ridiculous Fordism by going to see the boys at Fair Auto Supply in Fairfield, CT. They have a knowledgable staff and a huge assortment of fittings.
I picked up the parts for the right side rear brake:
-5 foot section of 3/16" double-wall steel tubing. Pre-flared and fitted. It came with a double flare and a 3/8" fitting on each end.
-One adapter to adapt the 3/8" double flare fitting to a 13mm fitting with an ISO flare. The adaptive fitting has an ISO style male end and the female end had a seat for the double flare.
Ford bent the original line for the car into a pretzel. I put the line on the car in it's original plastic brakets and bent it at each end, carefully. No bending tools, no flaring tools. Just a can of PB'laster and some wrenches.
Total cost? $7 and some pennies.
Just some info in case anybody else runs into some problems finding parts.
Ok. Here's what I found:
-The lines are double wall steel (as usual. The ONLY acceptable brakelines!)
-Ford uses two different flares on each end.
-The proportioning valve end of the line has a 13mm Flare nut with an ISO metric flare (bubble flare).
-The flexible line end of the line has a 7/16" flare nut (my metrics wouldn't fit. May have been an 11mm or a 3/8". Too much corrosion to tell.) The flare is an inverted double flare.
-The brake line is 3/16"
I remedied this ridiculous Fordism by going to see the boys at Fair Auto Supply in Fairfield, CT. They have a knowledgable staff and a huge assortment of fittings.
I picked up the parts for the right side rear brake:
-5 foot section of 3/16" double-wall steel tubing. Pre-flared and fitted. It came with a double flare and a 3/8" fitting on each end.
-One adapter to adapt the 3/8" double flare fitting to a 13mm fitting with an ISO flare. The adaptive fitting has an ISO style male end and the female end had a seat for the double flare.
Ford bent the original line for the car into a pretzel. I put the line on the car in it's original plastic brakets and bent it at each end, carefully. No bending tools, no flaring tools. Just a can of PB'laster and some wrenches.
Total cost? $7 and some pennies.
Just some info in case anybody else runs into some problems finding parts.
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etc1006
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Only problem with prebent stuff... These lines were usually one of the first things on the body. You'd have to figure out how to put them in w/out removing ALOT of other stuff. Prebent stuff is geared more towards the restoration folks or the folks making an all out racecar and are stripping a whole bunch of stuff off the car. See my post on how I did the ISO bubble. I was able to salvage the nuts on the prop. valve, they weren't corroded hardly at all. I'll check into those adapter fittings for future reference.
etc1006
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NJSHO said:
Most likely Classic Tube. They also have a whole line of stainless flex hoses where you can basically make your own line by getting the end you want and screwing it on the end. PIck your length of flex, then get your ends (90, 45, straight, whatever), done.
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