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Old 12-01-2020, 09:00 AM   #2
kipps
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Re: 81-87 reproduction brake lines

I used inline tube's stainless lines. Everything fit perfectly, except for the long run from the prop valve to the rear axle. There were gratuitous detours that weren't needed, and other places the line should have routed around a rivet or crossmember and it didn't. I fooled with that line quite a while, then finally just bought a piece of stainless tubing and made my own replacement.

I'd suggest not bothering with a premade kit. With the right flaring and bending tools, the job is easy enough. You can buy all the tools and the line, and still pay about the same amount as you would to just buy the pre-bent line. Bending tool = $10, Flaring tool = $180, tubing = $150, fittings = $50. Resell the tools when you're done(yeah, right!) and you'd be money ahead.

https://www.harborfreight.com/tubing-bender-3755.html

https://www.amazon.com/TGR-Professio...ct_top?ie=UTF8

Edit, I just looked up what Inline Tube would charge, and yes, they are considerably cheaper than the route I outlined above.
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