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georgewcole
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Hello all,
Just joined up. As a retired guy with a heated, air conditioned and dehumidified garage I've gotten myself a '53 MG TD and a '63 Healey BJ7. Both mostly original, both driveable, and neither about to be restored.
The Healey had a brake failure (fortunately gradual, not catastrophic). You can see in the photo what caused the failure. At some point in the dim past somebody patched the rear brake line with an ordinary compression union. The photo shows the three way fitting coming from the front of the car and the top of the pic is the compression fitting going to the line that goes over to the left rear wheel.
Although it would be quick and easy just to make a new patch with a new compression union, I guess my only real choice is the buy the entire brake line set from Moss Motors for $116 and replace the read pipe, including all of the wonderful bends going over the differential and then down to the wheel.
Any other thoughts? Just buy a few feet of tubing and make the replacement line?
Thanks,
George
PS - searching for pictures of the cars, hidden in secret places by Microsoft.
Just joined up. As a retired guy with a heated, air conditioned and dehumidified garage I've gotten myself a '53 MG TD and a '63 Healey BJ7. Both mostly original, both driveable, and neither about to be restored.
The Healey had a brake failure (fortunately gradual, not catastrophic). You can see in the photo what caused the failure. At some point in the dim past somebody patched the rear brake line with an ordinary compression union. The photo shows the three way fitting coming from the front of the car and the top of the pic is the compression fitting going to the line that goes over to the left rear wheel.
Although it would be quick and easy just to make a new patch with a new compression union, I guess my only real choice is the buy the entire brake line set from Moss Motors for $116 and replace the read pipe, including all of the wonderful bends going over the differential and then down to the wheel.
Any other thoughts? Just buy a few feet of tubing and make the replacement line?
Thanks,
George
PS - searching for pictures of the cars, hidden in secret places by Microsoft.
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