just replaced all my brake lines .....never again!

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last year l was poking around (always a bad thing to do) and saw some corrosion on the brake pipes as they entered the ABS pump box behind the drivers seat....one touch and the fluid started running....then another pipe....then another place...they were rotten through in all the little hard to see places

so first l replaced rotors, pads, flexible rubber with braided....l was basically trying to avoid ripping out the brake plumbing but eventually had to do it

cuts cursing and more cuts and a lot more cursing !, l think l bled more out of my hands spannering at the ABS pump than plunging them into a bucket of broken bottles. eventually got the rusted bolts off the ABS pan and dropped it down. then every unuion on the ABS was frozen on of course....that and every union on the whole brake system of course

eventually l got the main drivers side pipe bunch out after grinding off the plastic clips that hold the 6 pipes in place under the rocker

then there were the brake pipe cross overs....grrrrrrrrr

obviously when the car was made the crossover and corner brake piping was put on the frame with the body off. then the body goes on making a sandwich of the whole affair which is never intended to come out ....how the hell was l going to thread stainless preformed pipes around the tiny chassis spaces and to all the corners

so dumped the stainless idea and went with Cupronickel 'kunifer' brake pipe...thank god for that stuff....if its good enough for aston martin its good enough for me and was a whole lot simpler to bend, flare, and route to all the corners and across the car. Even if it wasnt identically bent to the pieces l took off it was functional and worked

so the end result was a lot easier than lt first looked but still a bitch ...l wouldnt want do it again unless someone paid me for it

however end result was that by poking about and doing the job was that l probably saved my life from some certain disaster when the rotten brake piping would have given out at a life altering moment

A whole brake line job is not for those who want a little weekend project...though lots of beer will help calm frayed hands and nerves