72Dart6pack
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But they do work nice when done correctly. 
Swinging for Divorce…
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I still have to go to work, and get to drive with the idiots, so good brakes are a must.
Plus there are no straight roads around here.
mygasser
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drum brakes are ok as long as you adjust your expectations and drive further from the car in front (that has modern brakes). the trouble is we all want these old cars to drive like our daily drivers so we go down the rabbit hole of 'upgrades', lol.
neil.
neil.
I agree, I still drive my old 60 odd year old classics like what they are..60 year old classics. Only traffic here is the 1 traffic light, there for when the schools let out and that 1 stop sign at that little town down the road. But I always stay far enough behind I can stop, and I always hope I do not encounter drunks and idiots from the front!!! So hard to call any of it traffic! Going to Houston to the doc,,,that requires my "modern" 2014.
I know, I am a lucky guy!!
BS in my original 48 Willys, driving normal twice I have had to drive over the curb, to avoid some *** doing something stupid.
The brakes are all new and work 100%, the stock drums cannot match the stopping distance of modern disk cars.
Yes I give tremendous extra gap, because the Willys is a nut and bolt restoration.
mygasser
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yep i've done the up the kerb to avoid rear ending cars before in old ****. even came round a bend on a dual carriageway (like a freeway but only 2 lanes, lol) to find all the traffic stopped. i stopped alongside the 4th car from the back, lucky the centre of the road had enough room for me.
neil.
Ordered the good tools… Ordered some tube, the rear SS line that goes from the hard line to the rear T- adapter… hopefully everything needed to do the rear brake lines. Pain in the butt but it’s ok.
Probably won’t get to it for 2 weeks since I’m going to South Carolina next week.
Probably won’t get to it for 2 weeks since I’m going to South Carolina next week.
JDMopar
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Are you going to the Dental convention in Myrtle Beach? My dentist usually shuts the office down for a week and they all go a convention, right by where our tin condo is in Myrtle Beach.
I’m not going to a convention but I am going for a dental continuing education course. It’s a 3D printing course, it is so I can do more procedures with my 3D printer. Right now I use my printer for surgical guides, models and basic stuff. Soon I want to be 3D printing dentures, partial dentures and implant retained dentures.
Being able to do this will allow me to be able to offer more services without pricing myself out of the range of most people.
JDMopar
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That's amazing!
Brake lines pissed me off. Pre-bent lines were for rear drum brakes, lame.
Got the tools and ruined most of the metal lines, should have gotten a fancy line bender, but I just have the cheap one. The wife’s mixing bowl helps make the bend on the housing pretty well though.
I have a good drivers side and usable passenger side, enough line left over to remake the passenger side, since I forgot the protection sleeve on it anyways.
I ruined most of the line trying to get it perfectly through the oem metal tabs… well I’m probably not going to use the metal tabs.
Got the tools and ruined most of the metal lines, should have gotten a fancy line bender, but I just have the cheap one. The wife’s mixing bowl helps make the bend on the housing pretty well though.
I have a good drivers side and usable passenger side, enough line left over to remake the passenger side, since I forgot the protection sleeve on it anyways.
I ruined most of the line trying to get it perfectly through the oem metal tabs… well I’m probably not going to use the metal tabs.
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
Quality takes time. And you have all the time in the world.
I don’t have time, I wanted pre-bent ones, that’s why I bought the kit!
Time is not on my side with 3 kids, a wife, and a million things to do all the time.
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
You found out they don't make pre bent lines the hard way. You picked the wrong hobby if you want everything pre made.
I used pre-bent on my Duster with good luck, except I did not use the one that went across the rear end.
Because I used a set up that was different than stock.
And Doc's rear end set up, is not stock.
Because I used a set up that was different than stock.
And Doc's rear end set up, is not stock.
Well the pre-bent kit said for disc brakes, but apparently that’s only the fronts.
It’s ok, I can do it… I’m just a grumpy old man.
Do you have the old lines? Take it and a 2x12. Trace the line on the 2x12. Cut along the line and then bend the new line to fit the template. You might have to get creative at the brake end.
Been a couple weeks. I’ve been slammed. Remodel at the office started so I had to get half the office cleared out and consolidate the other half. I did take a bunch of cabinets from the office and I’m going to use them as shop cabinets, can’t ever have enough storage.
Planned on working on the dart this weekend since we took a 4 day weekend but my wife needed me to do other things… mainly rerun power lines to the barn so her chickens can have light and heat this winter… lol. I’m almost done.
I did finish the rear brake lines though. My plan is to start pulling the engine and transmission next.
That will allow me to cut the floorboard for the shifter and add the brackets. It will also be ready to ship to paint without the engine/trans
Planned on working on the dart this weekend since we took a 4 day weekend but my wife needed me to do other things… mainly rerun power lines to the barn so her chickens can have light and heat this winter… lol. I’m almost done.
I did finish the rear brake lines though. My plan is to start pulling the engine and transmission next.
That will allow me to cut the floorboard for the shifter and add the brackets. It will also be ready to ship to paint without the engine/trans
Swinger 340
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Looks like your rear brake lines are going to be in the way of the shocks.
The SS braided lines or the metal lines?
72Dart6pack
Harder Better Faster Stronger.
They are going to be close. I'd test fit shocks before you get too far. But hey! What do I know?
Hey man, you are a dentist not a mechanic!!!!! Pays (some) better!! Better yet if a brain surgeon!!
Hey man, you are a dentist not a mechanic!!!!! Pays (some) better!! Better yet if a brain surgeon!!
Any quote I get is 2-3-5x the cost for anyone else because I’m a dentist.
To run wire to the barn I got a 7k quote then another quote from someone who knew I was a dentist and it was magically 20k for that one. Easier and significantly cheaper for me to do as much myself as possible.
Keeps the wife happy too.
She got a new car, it should be here within the next month.
I dont have the final shocks for it yet, I’m still trying to locate some dang 3/4in spring relocation brackets.
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