brake lines fitting tool

["jsadowski" <jsadowski@xxxxxxx>]

There are many companys advertising in Hemmings & Old Cars Weekly that do brake lines & fuel lines etc. One such company is Classic Tube in New York. I had a complte set of SS lines made for my 60. They are all prebent to match the originals.They did make a couple of mistakes, one on the line from the master being a little too short & one of the rears had the wrong bend & way short. They were more then happy to correct the problems & I would recommend them.

John

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From: Jim Stacey

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Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 5:01 AM

Subject: RE: IML: brake lines fitting tool

Bill, regarding the suggestion below to use stainless steel brake lines....

 

I am slowly doing a DIY off-frame restoration of a '73 and would really like to replace the front brake line that goes from the left front wheel along the frame to the right front wheel with stainless steel tubing. When the car is back together it will be really difficult to replace this particular line the "next time" since it is buried under wheel wheels, radiator yoke, etc..

 

I did some internet searches and about all I came up with was FLEX lines that are stainless.  I did find one site that had some SS tubing type lines for RV's I think it was.  That site said that you had to buy factory-flared SS lines since ordinary flaring tools would not work on SS.  So, it looks like I can't just buy the tubing and do my own flaring as I had hoped.

 

Can you suggest where we could obtain different lengths of SS brake lines with the fittings on and ends flared?

 

Jim Stacey
'73 4drht in 1000 pieces
near Toronto

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of TheCarNutz@xxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 2:37 AM
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Subject: Re: IML: brake lines fitting tool

In a message dated 6/1/02 11:00:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, DickB@xxxxxxxxx writes:

The wrenches that D squared refers to are called "line wrenches". 

I believe what you are refering to are also called "flare nut wrenches."  I have all sizes available, and I would never touch a gas or brake line fitting without one.  I would suggest also to those living in areas where moisture and/or humidity are a problem, to use stainless steel lines if you are going to replace them anyhow.
                                                       Bill B.