73 Dart Swinger Resto-mod
Next up, the brakes.
As you can see, the front right brake hose was toast. The master cylinder was empty, and there was evidence that it had been leaking so I just re-did everything. Of course, at least one line will fail to cooperate and require brake line surgery...
The rest of that line looked ok and wasn't leaking, so I put a new nut on it, flared it, and put it back together with a short piece of line. I don't do compression fittings on brakes, so no worries there.
While I was in there, I replaced the Competition Engineering drag shocks with new Monroe Gas Matics. I dig the drag shocks, but they probably aren't so great on the road.
The new master cylinder went about as expected. One line would come loose, the other wouldn't, so another flare job and a union got it back in working order.
I really hate line wrenches. Even the decent Craftsman ones don't always work. I put a little anti seize on all the threads, so hopefully they come apart without too much of a fight next time!
Next up, the brakes.
As you can see, the front right brake hose was toast. The master cylinder was empty, and there was evidence that it had been leaking so I just re-did everything. Of course, at least one line will fail to cooperate and require brake line surgery...
The rest of that line looked ok and wasn't leaking, so I put a new nut on it, flared it, and put it back together with a short piece of line. I don't do compression fittings on brakes, so no worries there.
While I was in there, I replaced the Competition Engineering drag shocks with new Monroe Gas Matics. I dig the drag shocks, but they probably aren't so great on the road.
The new master cylinder went about as expected. One line would come loose, the other wouldn't, so another flare job and a union got it back in working order.
I really hate line wrenches. Even the decent Craftsman ones don't always work. I put a little anti seize on all the threads, so hopefully they come apart without too much of a fight next time!