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Old 05-08-2012, 09:52 PM
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I had my front suspension all apart when my engine was out....one of the brake lines was laying on the garage floor. At some point I must have tripped over it and cracked the hard metal line. To be honest, it's been apart so long that I don't remember exactly which one it is, but I'm pretty sure that it was the one that is fastened to the front leading edge of the k member with a plastic fastener.

Anyway, I found some people parting cars out online but there wasn't an easy way to ship one. I assume they sell brake line at the local auto parts store but brakes are kind of important and I'm not sure I want to leave that up to my "skills"

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I had my front suspension all apart when my engine was out....one of the brake lines was laying on the garage floor. At some point I must have tripped over it and cracked the hard metal line. To be honest, it's been apart so long that I don't remember exactly which one it is, but I'm pretty sure that it was the one that is fastened to the front leading edge of the k member with a plastic fastener.

Anyway, I found some people parting cars out online but there wasn't an easy way to ship one. I assume they sell brake line at the local auto parts store but brakes are kind of important and I'm not sure I want to leave that up to my "skills"
It's pretty simple to do, you can bend them by hand, or rent the tool. I'd just get some brakes lines from the local store, already flared with the ends on them.
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I should add, take the old line to the store with you. You'll need to get the proper length, if it's not possible to do with one line, get two lines and join them with a union.
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Try:
http://www.flynbye.com/catalog/c3_p1.html

http://www.classictube.com/index.php...mart&Itemid=53

http://www.inlinetube.com



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