Brake lines (where to get them)

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i need to replace the brake lines that go to the master cylinder (the ones that spiral up and go into the master cylinder itself) where do those go to and where can i get a set so i dont have to bend this mess myself?

 

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Anyone?

 

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I don't know where you could get some pre-manufactured ones. You could try flipping thru the back of some Mustang Magizines in hopes of finding a company that makes them. Let me look on google and see what I can come up with... BRB.

OK, you can try these guys.. I didn't see anything on their website but I am sure that a phone call could answer your question. The Paddock

 

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bend them yourself, It's alot easier than you think. When you go to the local parts store (Carquest here) you can pick up different lengths of straight steel brake lines with flared ends and fittings already attached. I used a hard plastic bottle and other objects without sharp corners to bend the lines for my Fox. Make sure you use the old line as a reference. If you need to bend larger lines (1/4" and up) you will need to buy or borrow a bender set.

If you're still unsure, call a local machine shop and ask them to do it for you or at least get some advice. I paid for the first line to be bent ($3/each) and then the tech showed me how to do it for the rest.

 

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srothfuss said:

I don't know where you could get some pre-manufactured ones. You could try flipping thru the back of some Mustang Magizines in hopes of finding a company that makes them. Let me look on google and see what I can come up with... BRB.

OK, you can try these guys.. I didn't see anything on their website but I am sure that a phone call could answer your question. The Paddock

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They have the rear ones, not the front tho, and have no estimated date of ever carrying them and i would try bending them myself, but the coils kinda scare me and i dont want to jack them up. if i didnt have to have the coils, i wouldnt be so worried about jackin them up

 

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Classic Tube. They are great. Their customer support is Excellent!!!!

 

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gooch06 said:

Classic Tube. They are great. Their customer support is Excellent!!!!

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No doubt dude, i dont have the cash on me right now, but i was so impressed with the c/s dude, that i wanted to buy everything they have!

thanks again, ill go thru there

 

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Inline Tube did those for me for like 25 or 30 bucks, and they are super nice.

 

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TrickFlow306 said:

They have the rear ones, not the front tho, and have no estimated date of ever carrying them and i would try bending them myself, but the coils kinda scare me and i dont want to jack them up. if i didnt have to have the coils, i wouldnt be so worried about jackin them up

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I bent mine over 4 yrs ago and I didn't put any coils in them and I've never had problem is that helps you any?
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ok, i thought they were coikled for heat dissapation or something.... do you have the stock size lines?

 

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TrickFlow306 said:

ok, i thought they were coikled for heat dissapation or something.... do you have the stock size lines?

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I always thought the coil was there for expelling air from the system, go figure.

 

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TrickFlow306 said:

ok, i thought they were coikled for heat dissapation or something.... do you have the stock size lines?

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The brake lines are 3/16th"

The biggest reason for your stock brake line to be coiled is for an easier installation while the car is rolling on the assembly line at the factory.

But I have read that the coils help with any stretching or body flex between the combination valve and the MST Cyl for what ever that’s worth.

 

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no kidding... well, i might have just saved some bucks then, ill just bend my own and see how that goes... when you did yours, did you go off the stock ones, or pretty much just bend them to however you wanted them? what i mean is, did you have to copy any of the angles for fittment, or did you just say "hey, this will fit like this" and so on...

 

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The brake lines are 3/16th"

The biggest reason for your stock brake line to be coiled is for an easier installation while the car is rolling on the assembly line at the factory.

But I have read that the coils help with any stretching or body flex between the combination valve and the MST Cyl for what ever that’s worth.

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My thoughts too..

 

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I just routed my brake lines the way I thought that they looked the cleanest and most direct.

I cut the old tubing near the fittings and slipped of the fittings off (making sure where they went to either the top or bottom of the line so that there was no mix up later) then I bent the lines however I wanted them making sure I had plenty of length inside the MST CLY and the Combo Valve, slipped the fittings back over the lines, DBL flared the ends, and the attached the new lines to the MST and Combo vale and snugged the fitting down.