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Brake and Fuel Lines TR 3

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Tinkerman

Tinkerman

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Afternoon all:

I have just seven items left to do before I can put my body back on. One of them is installing the brake and fuel lines. I will be using cupro-nickel lines and of course they come all coiled up. I have the two major fuel lines and have just ordered a set of the brake lines. I also ave a nifty bending tool and I'm ready to go. I very carefully saved most of the lines that came off the car. See pics. HOWEVER, I carefully neglected to label almost all of them. Another one of my dumber moves. I DID label the fuel tank vent and I recognize the master cylinder S shaped lines but I need some ideas, thoughts and help on the rest of them. Oh and I have 13 lines so I suspect I may be short some that got thrown out along the way. Sigh........

With mucho gusto thanks, Tinkerman
 

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Nice collection of lines you have there!

Just a thought about identification: if you look in the Brake Lines and Fuel System sections of the Moss catalogue for your car, you can probably match your old lines to the diagrams.

Hope this helps.
Tom
 
Looks as though you have a vacuum advance line there as well as the brake and fuel lines. They look to be in fairly good shape, so along with Tom's suggestion of the Moss catalogue you should be able to work out their locations just by what fits, starting with the main front to rear pipe.
 
Personally, I would mostly ignore the old lines. Match the new lines to their function (the set I got from Moss had a number on each line and a magic decoder ring), then install them using the photos you took (if any) and the diagrams from various sources.

The new sets may have extra pieces, for example your car is probably late enough to not need the caliper bridge pipes.
 
Tinkerman,

I'll give you a tip that worked really well for me when I uncoiled the new lines. Stand up the coil on the expansion joints in your garage floor. While holding the outer end connection of the coil down, press down slightly and slowly unroll the coil along the expansion joint. The expansion joing keeps it in line while the downward pressure keeps it straight as it uncoils.

I find that new pre-made lines are always a little bit longer than the originals so plan for this. I start the bending of the new lines by taping the new line to the old, make the bend, then tape it down as you move along the length.

Hopefully, you have photos of how the original lines were routed along the frame.

hth,
PK
 
Dick,

Give me a call and I'll help give some advise on the reinstallation of your lines. It is very simple and if you use a bending tool they will be as original.
I can take a pic of the engine compartment to show you where they run.
 
Peter thanks for the tip. I was wondering how I was going to get that done.

Wow Randall, a magic decoder ring. I am truly enchanted heh.

Thanks for the tip fellows and yes NIck one of them is the vac advance line, good eye there!

Tinkerman
 
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