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You talking about the copper alloy stuff? That's the way to go. The hardest part is getting the double flares right. When there was a local parts store, I'd let them do it most of the time. Since then I bought an Eastman Imperial set. Haven't used it yet.
 
Moving my distribution block, so I will have a bunch to do near the fire wall area
 
Icetech said:
what's bad is my original lines are actually in really good shape.. but i don't want to trust 61 year old lines.. Keeping the original fuel line though since it's solid
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They're fine. Leave 'em alone.
Only things that will get a line are rust and impacts.
 
These work well and then a double flairing tool say 50 for it all.

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Mattax said:
They're fine. Leave 'em alone.
Only things that will get a line are rust and impacts.
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Naw, it's a michigan car and rust is too much of an issue and the original lines have that spring wire cover over them so i can't really inspect them well enough, not worth taking a chance of an accident by being lazy :)
 
One thing I do is bleed brakes every Spring or early summer.
Fluid dirty or clear gives some idea of condition inside.
With the fixed piston calipers it was always worth the trouble to bleed, and frankly the Aluminim&plastic cylinder with GM floating piston on my Full Size Wagoneer have been worse as far as rust goes.
 
Icetech said:
Naw, it's a michigan car and rust is too much of an issue and the original lines have that spring wire cover over them so i can't really inspect them well enough, not worth taking a chance of an accident by being lazy :)
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You can buy the spring, called Gravel guard you want it back on it.
 

halifaxhops said:
You can buy the spring, called Gravel guard you want it back on it.
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Thanks, i was actually wondering about that, though of buying a pre-bent brake line kit but i didn't see any with that covering, not that i need it.. i probably won't put 100 miles a year on the car.. just building something out of boredom
 
That spring wire is called 'amour' and can be bought. Well worth it for peace of mind when replacing a line that has it. You all saw what some rock or road debris did to my oil pan. Damn near put a hole through it!
 
Mattax said:
One thing I do is bleed brakes every Spring or early summer.
Fluid dirty or clear gives some idea of condition inside.
With the fixed piston calipers it was always worth the trouble to bleed, and frankly the Aluminim&plastic cylinder with GM floating piston on my Full Size Wagoneer have been worse as far as rust goes.
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I replaced everything from the rear wheel cylinders forward, then switched to DOT 5. Very happy with it
 
I have bought pre formed lines from say Inline, made my own from rolls, but never try to use sections, always leak and hard to bend.
 
I plan to switch to a 2 pot MC and manual front discs anyway.. so just gonna do it all.. Sick of spending money right now though :)
 
I think I will throw a tarp over the cab of the old truck. At least the doors won't freeze shut and the windows will be clear if I need to use it. I would rather drive around in it than my new truck if it get's slippery. I will need to strap the tarp down though. It is supposed to get windy. I see a wintery mix is forecasted here until early tomorrow morning. Damn!
 
Preformed is nice - except when they are wrong. :BangHead:
Took three tries to find a company that had the correct bends for the fuel line on my '67 Barracuda.
 
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