Hi,
I bent all new brake lines for my '49 International this past summer and
can possibly assist you with some tips. If you have the old lines for
patterns it will save you a lot of time and anger. As far as the stainless
steel/regular lines, I just bought a 25' roll of the steel line and cut,
flared, and bent it myself. The main factor was price, stainless is almost
twice as much. But if you live in the rust belt it might not be a bad idea.
As far as tips, one thing that I learned is, always make sure you have both
fittings on the line before you flare the ends!!! Just spend half an hour
fitting up and bending a line, flaring it, getting it in place, and then
realizing that you have to cut off the flares to put the fittings on. good
luck,
Aaron Bergman
http://members.xoom.com/49axial
----- Original Message -----
From: <jniolon@uss.com>
To: <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 1999 3:18 PM
Subject: brake and fuel line plumbing
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> Gentlemen,
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> I'm in the planning stages (walking around and looking) of plumbing the
> brakes on my '53 F-100. While I understand what has to be done, I'm sure
> there are a lot of little details I need to know that I don't.. i.e.
> Line size, brackets, where's the best place to "T" in the rear lines...
> where should the residuals be put and the proportioning valves..etc. Is
> stainless worth the cost over regular steel if I'm not going to show the
> truck...??? (I would ask if I should use the Facom or the Snap-on Bender
> but that thread finally died)
>
> I've got disc brakes front and rear (Volare - Lincoln) and using the
> Chrysler Master/Booster. Help save me knuckles and money.....
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> Any and all suggestions are welcome... does anyone know of a site with a
> good tech article... the magazine stuff I've read skims the project and
> skips the little details that will bite you in the ...... Well, we've
all
> been there, done that...
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> While we're at it.... the fuel lines will be next... so.............
>
> john
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