Larry,
The roadster should be all SAE fittings. The metric ones are just a
little bigger and should not fit. Now, you can put SAE lines into the metric
cylinders but only the tips of the threads catch and strip out very easily.
I've
done a few flares on brake tubes and find that you need to be careful to get
them just right and have had to redo them sometimes. It's worth trying to
take the leaky joint apart, clean it up good and put it back together. Just
loosening and resnugging will help them seal also. Make sure the line is
resting
square in the fitting before tightening it. If the nut is bending and pulling
the line it's likely to not seat square. The brakes are about a 1000 psi
system and the joints can be a little tricky some times.
keith
In a message dated 1/4/2006 3:45:18 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
roadster68@shaw.ca writes:
Hello Again Fellow Listers, During my 68 2000 restoration, I took all
my original steel lines and raw replacements to a hydraulic line builder.
their work looked okay except for one end that they only finished a single
flare. I have been plagued by numerous brake line leaks. This even
happened at the front disc brakes where I had NOS cross over lines that I
had purchased from one of our vendors. Are there metric versus imperial
sized lines. The builder had my original lines and existing fittings so
they should have enough material to know which they were dealing with -
right? With flaring, is it possible that there is a difference in the angle
of the flared end - exp. 35 degrees vs 45 degrees? Is there a roadster
archive that discusses this in detail? I want to solve this before putting
the intake and exhaust manifolds back on. I would love to have that mystery
solved as it is making me crazy. I would love to hear that motor start
after six years. Larry.
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