running brake lines

....................Be sure that your line is the correct length, 85 1/2 inches (that's 2172 mm in Finnish).

Start with a straight (well, relatively straight, with what you have now ;) brake line, feed it in from under the left front fender, through the hole near the pedals. You can pre-shape the master cylinder end of it before pushing it all the way through. You will need somewhat tight bend there just as the end turns to face the master cylinder. Careful when bending, you don't want the bent section to collapse and go flat. then feed it through as far as you can, until you reach the rear T section. You may need to play with the lenght a little, pray that it's too long and you need to make a small bend under the rear seat to make the overall lenght shorter. Don't ask me how to make a too short brake line longer, I don't have the answer ;)

Use a thick rubber grommet where the line goes through metal. Once the line is running close to where it needs to go, you can attach and tighten teh master cylinder fitting and teh rear T fitting. It will look ugly and it won't sit anywhere near where it's supposed to. Now you start pushing and tugging and carefully bending it some more to make it sit right.

Can't think of anything else.

Jan

Jan Andersson wrote in news:btjso9$7ln00$1@ID-

Duct tape.

Thanks... I think this may be where I messed up... I hooked up the line to master cylinder before I made all the other bends that I needed on the "inside" I will un-hook it from the master cylinder then try again...

However they are calling for ice and snow tomorrow so I bet it will be too cold to do it this weekend :(

Dana and Eric

Remove the driver's seat. Remove the pedal cluster. Hook up the back end first and then work your way forward dressing the line smoothly next to the tunnel. Finish at the MC.

It's still hard to do it nicely.

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LLBrn has cammo dust tape if you really want the repair to be stealthy!

Tim

Thanks.... Actually I'm working with a bare pan so there aren't any obsticles except the fact that I must not be bending it correctly. What would be nice, is a pic of how it needs to be bent around the pedal cluster. anyone, bueller???

-- Dana and Eric

There's hardly any bend at the pedal cluster. It runs UNDER the cluster. It may dip down slightly there, but hardly at all.

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