| thirtysixford | -- 05-26-2012 @ 6:51 PM |
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Anyone know where to buy "spiral, spring" brake line armor?
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| 40guy | -- 05-26-2012 @ 7:45 PM |
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If you buy the pre-bent lines from the old Ford suppliers; the wire will already be on the line. If you are making up your own lines then I don't know. I guess if worst came to worst you could get some old wire off of some old lines; blast and paint them.
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| thirtysixford | -- 05-26-2012 @ 8:11 PM |
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40Guy Maybe I don't see it. but.. I looked at C&G and MACS. I don't see any pre-bent lines. Or the armor. You have another source?
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| oldford2 | -- 05-27-2012 @ 3:43 AM |
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I made my own. Just buy a roll of soft wire and bend it around a rod enough times to get the length you need. Spray it black. Unless you are going for concourse judging it is probably not necessay since gravel roads are pretty much a thing of the past. John
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| 37 Coupe | -- 05-27-2012 @ 5:02 AM |
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Years ago, 2001 in fact ,I bought all prebent lines from Classis Tube in Lancaster,New York for my 39 Ford and ended up using it all for my 37 coupe. They offered all correct prebent lines in plain steel or for $25.00 more in stainless and I bought the stainless which also came with stainless steel armor wire attached,so they may be a source for it. The total for all my lines back when I bought was about $125 or mayby $150.00 friend of mine recently bought the 39 pattern in stainless for his 36 3 window and price had not changed in 10 years.Might be a place that would sell you what you want in regular steel or stainless. This message was edited by 37 Coupe on 5-27-12 @ 7:11 AM
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| 40guy | -- 05-27-2012 @ 5:56 AM |
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thirtysixford: If I am not miataken, I got my lines from Dennis Carpenter in Charlotte, N.C.
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| supereal | -- 05-27-2012 @ 8:49 AM |
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If you are making up brake lines from stock, you can use screen door springs to slip over the lines. We do that on vulnerable parts of truck brake lines. Due to the fact that double flares are required on brake lines, it isn't usually practical to cut off the flares to install them on premade lines. The "armor" was necessary in the early days because of the gravel roads. Now that few of us travel off the pavement, they really are not necessary, unless for display vehicles.
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| flatheadfan | -- 05-28-2012 @ 1:28 PM |
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thirtysixford- BrakeQuip has them. They are stainless steel. 1/4" ID is part BQ232. The 3/16" ID is part BQ231. It comes in 3 foot lengths. Hope this helps. Tom
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| flatheadfan | -- 05-28-2012 @ 1:29 PM |
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thirtysixford- BrakeQuip has them. They are stainless steel. 1/4" ID is part BQ232. The 3/16" ID is part BQ231. It comes in 3 foot lengths. Hope this helps. Tom
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| thirtysixford | -- 05-28-2012 @ 4:58 PM |
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Thanks everyone. I see they are not necessary, but for the small price ($12.77 at Brakequip) , I think I'll put them on. Mike
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