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[bluemini1979]

Hi all.

 

Getting ready to put my shell back on its wheels after a full respray. making new brake lines for under the car before they go in. how long is the pipe that goes front to back from valve on the bulkhead to tee piece on the rear subframe. I have the ends and a roll of new pipe. its a 79 car with no servo. valve on the bulkhead is in the original position

 

Thanks in advance

[David128]

H

i I usually make up one end and feed it in from the tee piece at rear mate it to connection mark the pipe at the termination remove, cut the pipe fit nipple then flare and refit

[cal844]

Measure it, iirc 100 inches?

[tiger99]

I hope you are using cunifer (cupro-nickel), not copper. There is no official spec for copper brake line, contrary to the claims of certain suppliers, and it has very poor fatigue properties, i.e. number of pressure cycles it will withstand.

 

There are official specs for cupro-nickel, and it is used by certain manufacturers as standard.

[bluemini1979]

Yeah it is nickel stuff I just checked to make sure it was the right stuff

[tiger99]

Good! For a negligible extra cost cupro-nickel is very much safer. I happen to think that it is easier to work with too, because it is stiffer, but not as stiff as steel.

[bluemini1979]

My dads a plumber and has a pipe bender that goes down to 6mm so I shouldn't have too much trouble working with it. Also got a Sykes pickavant vice mounted flaring tool which should help and do a nice job also

Edited by bluemini1979, 14 December 2015 - 09:34 PM.

[Vipernoir]

My dads a plumber and has a pipe gender that goes down to 6mm so I shouldn't have too much trouble working with it. Also got a Sykes pickavant vice mounted flaring tool which should help and do a nice job also

 

Is that what Bruce Jenner had done ?

[bluemini1979]

Edited previous post

My dads a plumber and has a pipe gender that goes down to 6mm so I shouldn't have too much trouble working with it. Also got a Sykes pickavant vice mounted flaring tool which should help and do a nice job also

 
Is that what Bruce Jenner had done ?

[David128]

pipe fittings have both genders!!!!