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Old 12-29-2021, 03:33 PM   #1
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Flat nose hydraulic brake line replacement

Happy Holidays!

I have a 8 window Bluebird TC2000 with hydraulic brakes.
My ABS light kicked on so I crawled underneath to take a peek and found a small pinhole bleeding brake fluid and sucking air. The hard lines are pitted enough that I want to switch them all out for new.
If it were a dog nose, I wouldn't even think about paying someone, I've switched out hard lines on cars and trucks but never on anything with a cab over format
Any advise or should I just pay a shoo to do it?
I'm handy as hell but I'm also at a age that I can afford to pay for some things to be done.

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Old 06-23-2022, 05:32 PM   #2
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hey there, how did it go? my rusted line is the one leading into the master cylinder which seams to be perfectly hidden and very hard to reach. thinking I may have to access from above and hoping there is some wiggle room around the reservoir. will know this weekend,

brake Line size and fittings?
everything seems to be 7/16 nuts which would indicate 1/4" lines I believe

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Old 06-24-2022, 05:32 AM   #3
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Yep 1/4 lines.
I crawled under the bus, took some measurements and bought all my hardlines from a local auto parts store. I bought the premade (fittings installed) and they worked perfectly.
It took about 2 1/2 hours to replace all hardlines and bleed all the brakes.ive changed lines out before on cars that gave me more trouble than my bus did.
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Old 06-24-2022, 07:37 AM   #4
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I’ve replaced brake lines before with my personal vehicles. The concern I have is access to the master cylinder to replace the one problem line. Looking from underneath is runs into the frame then looks like I would have to remove a good deal of items to access. Haven’t been able to find anyone else who has performed this for a flat nose. I’m thinking maybe the access is from above. At first glance it doesn’t seem like there is room around the reservoir to reach in and work on lines. I drive up the 4 hrs today to give it a shot. Will be hiring a transporter to move it closer to where I am in ct from Vt on a trailer but need This leak fixed.
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