NIAB

New Member

• Mar 12, 2008

• #1

Morning everyone,

My machine is going to need a complete set of brake lines (dual i think) if anyone has any experience of replacing these; 1) who are the best suppliers, and, 2) any pitfalls i need to look out for??

I feel i am going to be asking a lot of questions of you all during my rebuild and all answers and help are much appreciated.

 

Pikey

Dummy Ejection Facilitator..

• Mar 12, 2008

• #2

Buy a roll of brakepipe and the fittings from your local autoparts or similar. and a pipe flaring kit & pipebender from machinemart. and make a few practise connections (you can reuse the connection once you've finished practising) before starting on your new lines. remove the old pipes on at a time and replicate and fit (or Label it) before moving onto the next one.

 

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clivees

Well-Known Member

• Mar 12, 2008

• #3

Make sure you have the right ends if you are going to replace them as the imp and metric ones are close.

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Mar 12, 2008

• #4

you wanaa do one end and the bends, then size it up physically before you do the other end.
i did a befdord truck once and i just sized all the pipes up with the old ones and the last one to get fitted was too short. folk nose how as i'd checked em all fer length before hand, but somehow i had lost about 1.5" over the length of the vehicle.
so i would say do em one at a time to ensure they fit

 

NIAB

New Member

• Mar 12, 2008

• #5

Tanks for the ideas, i thought it may be easier to buy the kits ready to go but it sound like it is probably cheaper to make them up as i go and its probably handy to have pipe bender and flaring kit for future repairs anyway.

 

scott davies

New Member

• Mar 17, 2008

• #6

You are better off getting them from land rover i replaced my series 3 with new pipes and flex pipes to. they were very reasonable to buy the trouble with making your own the copper pipes are pants and bend to easy with the genuine parts they are steel and very strong.

 

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slob

Well-Known Member

• Mar 17, 2008

• #7

scott davies said:

You are better off getting them from land rover i replaced my series 3 with new pipes and flex pipes to. they were very reasonable to buy the trouble with making your own the copper pipes are pants and bend to easy with the genuine parts they are steel and very strong.

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they int copper its an alloy specially formulated fer brake pipes and it dint rust. steel rusts and could cause a acciden when all yer fluid leaks out the rusty hole.
like most things in life you need to practice making yer brake pipes. try a few bends and do a few flares before you set off doing the real ones. and you'll end up with a perfect set of long lasting brake pipes. and once you have the kit you can make up pipes fer yer family and friends instead of sending them down to the expensive main dealer for a genuine steel rustable pipe and earn a few pints in the process