Thread: How much brake pipe needed to replace a whole SIIA

G'day All, What "car" are you using loose terminology to describe your Land Rover. If it is for your Land Rover you will need brake pipe 3/16" O/D, and a reasonable amount of it. By far the easiest way to replace all brake pipes is when you have the vehicle CKD'd. The front rhs is simple, the lhs front is a little more difficult as it goes backwards first then follows the G/box X member and up onto the chassis rail to the lhs front. The rear pipe is fairly straight forward, but it does come out of the 3 way brass junction at a 90 deg bend, then along the chassis rail to the flex pipe, down to the differential then out to R&Lhs respectivley, I enjoy doing brake pipes, you will need to buy/borrow a small tubing bender and a double flaring tool, along with all new tube nuts if they are in any way damaged, PM me your email address and I will send you some pix of past jobs cheers Dennis
PS I'm not a mechanic either I'm a Reg/Nurse so if I can do it you can.

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All, What "car" are you using loose terminology to describe your Land Rover. If it is for your Land Rover you will need brake pipe 3/16" O/D, and a reasonable amount of it. By far the easiest way to replace all brake pipes is when you have the vehicle CKD'd. The front rhs is simple, the lhs front is a little more difficult as it goes backwards first then follows the G/box X member and up onto the chassis rail to the lhs front. The rear pipe is fairly straight forward, but it does come out of the 3 way brass junction at a 90 deg bend, then along the chassis rail to the flex pipe, down to the differential then out to R&Lhs respectivley, I enjoy doing brake pipes, you will need to buy/borrow a small tubing bender and a double flaring tool, along with all new tube nuts if they are in any way damaged, PM me your email address and I will send you some pix of past jobs cheers Dennis
PS I'm not a mechanic either I'm a Reg/Nurse so if I can do it you can.

ah yes the SIIA ute needs the new lines. 3/16o/d , no problems, double flare tool i have sorted. Thanks for the help, pm on its way

let's see, 6 ft wide car, ten foot long'ish - 6+6+10=22ft will give you plenty.
ah, you can buy ready made lengths from most auto shops nowadays.

you need a little over 5m for a SWB and 7 for the long.

you have 2 routing options for the left of the front axle the first is out of the 3way across the gearbox member then up to the left member and the second (and my prefered method) is forwards to the front cross member, down under the crank handle hole and then backwards to the brake mount point.

3/16th is the size as previously mentioned and they can be still be purchased premade if youd rather.