Next up, put one bend in the brake line and install it (5 minutes at most).
- spend a half hour looking for the bending pliers I bought 5 years ago
- spend a couple of minutes figuring out which way to bend the line (yes really, I think it is a form of dyslexia)
- bend the line, compare to the old line looks perfect
- attempt to install, bent it backward AND it's an inch to long
- attempt to string "bad words" together in some new arrangement
- cut the extra inch off the line
- attempt to "unbend" the line
- figure out that I can no longer slide the the fitting far enough back on the line to re-flare it
- more bad words (I'm actually pretty good at this part
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- carefully straighten the line using a bench vice and actually succeed
- re-flare and install
- drill new holes for clamps, etc
OK, that five minute job just took well over an hour "mild" frustration sets in...
-Richard