John --
You can do it without removing the body -- though I
too have been at a point despair with the hoses!
If I recall correctly on the driver's side I unbolted
the "T" fitting from the frame and took off the pipe,
cut the old hose, and put the now free-from-the-car
hose/pipe combo in a vise to undo the fitting.
On the passenger's side I think I cut the old hose off
and then used a real long extension with a deep socket
to undo the pipe/hose fitting.
Also, while you are at it, I suggest you switch to the
braided stainless/teflon hoses. The piece-o-crap
replacement rubber-fabric hoses from TRF only lasted a
couple of years. One rear failed catastrophically on
me, and one front had an internal bulging leak. (Not
to slam TRF - I'm sure other distributors have the
same hoses).
Personally I feel much safer with the stainless hoses,
plus the pedal feel is noticeably firmer.
Hope this helps.
William
'74 TR6
P.S. Use flare-end wrenches wherever possible.
--- John Mitchell <jmitch@snet.net> wrote:
> Hi good people, anyone have any suggestions for
> removing the rear
> brake hoses on a TR6 without removing the body.
> It's really tight on
> the inside left fitting and it looks like these
> hoses are original, sooo
> there really on there! Thanks for any help.
> John Mitchell 76 TR6
>
>
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