If anyone is doing a frame off, the answer is obvious to me. There are
several companies that sell stainless steel brake lines. They can be
purchases straight and bent to the appropriate configuration. The flares
are not difficult to do with the proper tools either. I have done plenty
(no failures yet - knock on wood!)
Sid
>From: Geegc@aol.com
>Reply-To: Geegc@aol.com
>To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: rotor rooter brake line
>Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 12:01:22 EST
>
>Mike is right, I flushed all the lines and got some gunk out with the old
>fluid. I let it run until the fluid was clear. But it is a good idea to
>change the lines which I will do next winter. Now I just want to drive it
>again.
>
>Gary
>
>
>In a message dated Tue, 5 Mar 2002 6:51:06 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>"datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com> writes:
>
> > I hope the line is not clogged with rust. As I said many times the brake
>lines rust from the inside out and all that crud will do a number on your
>brake seals. Don't ask me how I know but even using silicone w/brand new
>components everything needed to be replaced w/i 4 -6 years.
> >
> > When I disassembled the pistons and cylinders I found rust particles
>which scored the walls.
> >
> > I replaced all the lines with new ones I bent up. Not hard but very time
>consuming.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Geegc@aol.com>
> > To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:11 AM
> > Subject: rotor rooter brake line
> >
> >
> > > The list helps again.
> > >
> > > As constant readers may recall that last night I discovered a clogged
> > brake
> > > line from the master cylinder to the junction box on the firewall.
>One
> > > lister suggested a rotor rooter and so my BW went to the local OSH to
>buy
> > > some cable that would fit in the tube.
> > >
> > > When she got it home we hooked the cable up to the drill and fed it
>into
> > the
> > > tube. Lo and behold, it worked and the obstruction was cleared. One
> > thing I
> > > discovered, it helps to have some extra rubber or a metal tube to run
>the
> > > cable through to keep it from twisting onto itself as you feed it into
>the
> > > brake line.
> > >
> > > Thanks again to Fred Schroeder for his suggestion.
> > >
> > > Now I have only another week or so of greasy evenings before I try to
> > start
> > > the beast.
> > >
> > > Gary C
> > > 1966 1600
> > > 1968 2000
> > >
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