Front calipers not releasing

Not planning on having anymore kids I see. I hear the make some pretty nice dog houses in LV.:rolleyes:

My wife talks about us having more kids, but unless the mailman has been coming by when I'm not home it will be impossible for her to get pregnant...:popcorn:

If you lift up on the brake pedal you should be able to move the push rod away from the MC a little. If not rod might be to long as others have said.

Regarding rounding of the nuts on the hard lines are you using a flare nut wrench like this (standard not metric)
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Crescent-2...82o77uIl2YYNFLu4LVOBAv9ricLhLkf0aAvCjEALw_wcB

Yes I have been using flare wrenches, just 50yr old crusty lines are not very forgiving when trying to take them off, even after spraying them with PB Blaster.