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Hi All,
Has Anyone here used the brake line kits from Moss? How hard is it to get that tubing straightened out after being coiled? I've made one of the front brake lines for the Bugeye before and was pleased with the outcome, but the tubing came straight and it was easy enough to put the appropriate bends in. I'm wondering what it would be like to straighten it out first.
thanks
Mark
 
You will like the Moss kits. bend and straighten with your hands and thumbs.
 
The coil kit is what I put on mine. I wasn't able to get them completely straight. A lot easier to bend I think than the straight tubing you can get from auto parts store. I still used a tube bender to make sure I didn't kink it.
 
I have had no problem getting them very straight by unrolling them against a flat surface. Maybe not perfect but certainly "eyeball" straight.

Marv J
 
I bought coiled tubing, both for the brake lines and the fuel lines, plus fittings and a Sears tubing flare tool. The fittings and tubing I got from fedhillusa.com. the tubing was easy to bend and worked out to my satisfaction.
Scott in CA
 

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Thanks Everyone,
I was thinking about going with "classic tubes" so I wouldn't have to mess with bending them myself, but the price difference made me Reconsider.
Best regards
Mark
 
A hint from the past... if you still have the old rear tube set intact, it provides a great template. lots of bends that are hard to visualize.
 
I used the Classic Tube stuff when I did the Tunebug. Still had to do some bending to get them to fit correctly, so it wasn't exactly plug and play.
 
drooartz said:
I used the Classic Tube stuff when I did the Tunebug. Still had to do some bending to get them to fit correctly, so it wasn't exactly plug and play.
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For $400 it should be "plug n play" in my opinion :smile:
 
I agree about having the old ones for templates. I didn't have that luxury. Wound up taking a lot of pictures at car shows before I tackled the bending.
 
markberry said:
drooartz said:
I used the Classic Tube stuff when I did the Tunebug. Still had to do some bending to get them to fit correctly, so it wasn't exactly plug and play.
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For $400 it should be "plug n play" in my opinion :smile:
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I would agree. I expected to need to tweak the rear lines as I had switched to the later style brake backing plates, but I had to do some massaging on the front lines as well to get them to fit. In the end they worked okay, but had I to do it again I'd probably just go with the Moss kit and bend them up myself.
 
I'm working on the conversion to the later backing plates.. How did you solve the emergency brake rods going to the different backing plate position?
 
I used the copper nickel set from Moss and for the money I think it was a good deal. I am not sure you could by the pipe and fittings and do all the flairs for there price. They straiten easy. It is a little tough having both ends finished. You can’t start at one end and flair when you get to the other end. I did mine with no motor and that makes the job easer.
I have the later backing plates and I don’t remember having a problem with the E brake linkage.
 
bug sixty:

Drew has alot of very useful information on his website. Here is the link to his disc brake conversion and rear brake upgrade, including the emergency brake fix:

https://www.drooartz.com/index.php?page=61
 
Thanks for finding that link, John -- I was just about to go search my site for where I put that page.
 
bug_sixty said:
I'm working on the conversion to the later backing plates.. How did you solve the emergency brake rods going to the different backing plate position?
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Changing to the later backing plates won't cause any problems for the
e brake rods but the length is different and the angle of the clevis is different. Cutting and adjusting the original rods is an option or fitting rods from a later car if memory serves me. I believe I just used rods from a different car.
Memory doesn't serve very well anymore so I will double check tommorrow.

Kurt.
 
Back to brake lines......

The Moss kit does NOT include the clutch line. You'll need one of those.

Probably good that it doesn't as changing engines. transmissions, and slave cylinders changes the length and size.

Peter C
 
PeterC said:
Back to brake lines......

The Moss kit does NOT include the clutch line. You'll need one of those.

Probably good that it doesn't as changing engines. transmissions, and slave cylinders changes the length and size.

Peter C
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good to know thanks!that would have created a work stoppage.
 
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