Hand brake etc

[PobodY]

So, if I was going to have a try at this, what do I need?

• A suitable length of new brake line. Copper? What diameter etc, or is it a standard thing?
• New unions. Are the 11mm ones going to fit if all the existing ones are 10mm?
• A joiner of some kind? I assume there's a part for this because all the unions are male fittings.
• Flaring tool. Will a cheap Halfrauds one do?
• Pipe bender? It doesn't look hard to bend the pipe, but I don't want to knacker it before it's finished by doing poor bends.
• Piper cutter? Or will a hacksaw do?

At this stage I'm quite inclined ro let a professional have a look, but I don't see how I can get it there with leaky brakes an no tax disc.

 

[geoff pine]

Don't use a pipe cutter unless you really know what your doing?? use a hacksaw and make sure the cut is square if you don't make it square when you flare it it will not seal properly .

 

[PobodY]

I'm thinking that I should just book it in for an MOT somewhere and let them fail it so that I can legally move the car there... then they can fix it instead of me. You know that I'm just going to use brute force and ignorance, and I suspect that's what damaged the line in the first place.

 

[campbellju]

Sounds like a plan