Thread: Replacing brakes on my SIIA LWB Ute

G'day All, The one's you need are the middle and the bottom of pix cheers mate Dennis

Originally Posted by Dinty

G'day All, The one's you need are the middle and the bottom of pix cheers mate Dennis

Is the fitting and pipe from the tank to the master cylinder bigger?

Steve

G'day All, I'm certain the pipe from the brake/clutch reservoir is 1/4" OD, and I know the fittings are 7/16" UNF hope that helps, cheers Dennis

G'day srowlandson

If your original fittings are not to rusted/corroded why not just cut them off your existing pipes and clean them up on a wire brush and reuse them, make sure that you use "pipe spanners" in the correct UNF/SAE sizes when refitting your brake and fuel lines as they stop the rounding off ot the fittings, get a good quality set with 30degree heads, as I have a set with 5 deg.heads and have problems getting into some spots,they are well worth the trouble to get as they are the sort of tool that will last, and be useful for a lifetime with the old fittings cleaned up and a dab of black paint "bingo" they will do another 30 years I now check any Series 2/2a's I know of that are headed for scrap and salvage all electrical/brake & fuel fittings for future use.

cheers

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day srowlandson

If your original fittings are not to rusted/corroded why not just cut them off your existing pipes and clean them up on a wire brush and reuse them, make sure that you use "pipe spanners" in the correct UNF/SAE sizes when refitting your brake and fuel lines as they stop the rounding off ot the fittings, get a good quality set with 30degree heads, as I have a set with 5 deg.heads and have problems getting into some spots,they are well worth the trouble to get as they are the sort of tool that will last, and be useful for a lifetime with the old fittings cleaned up and a dab of black paint "bingo" they will do another 30 years I now check any Series 2/2a's I know of that are headed for scrap and salvage all electrical/brake & fuel fittings for future use.

cheers

I bought 2 sets of Snap On Flared Brake Spanners - they are the business - on a recommendation of a mate . Having used them, they have undone all but one and the nuts are still intact - I'll reuse some , but found throughout the whole rebuild of my SIIA, its easier to put things together with new nuts and bolts.

They aren't that expensive @ $6 each for the nuts.. i only need 14 or so.

job done... almost...

Well I have cut ll the pipe, and bent into shape and all 'sitting' in the spots on the car.


Next job is flaring , which i'll do once the flaring tool arrives this week. I have 'just' enough fittings for all the pieces, only bits to do are from the master cylinders to the junction box just below the pedal boxes and the flexible fittings to the rear diff and the front 2 .. i didn't measure so another trip back to abs this week to get the those and the last few fittings..

i'll pop out shortly to take some photos.

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Thanks for taking the time to get a few shots _ I have saved all this for future reference. (I'll need all the help I can get)