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Hello I am replacing the parking brake cable all the lines (I left them empty and open all winter,) the back drums and and wheel cylinders and new hardware. I will get new brake pads but leave the OG front calipers only replacing the brake lines. I have never done this level of brake work before and was wondering if you guys had and tips or suggestions. I am using new nickel copper brake line. Maybe one of y'all has a brake line diagram even?
Remove one old line at a time. Bend the new one to match as close as possible. Install. When you are done replacing all the lines and hoses I would try to gravity bleed first by opening the bleeder at the right rear wheel. If you have a vise I would remove the master cylinder to bleed it, reinstall and then bleed the system but you might get away with leaving it on the truck.
If your 89 is the same/similar as my 90 (also a regular cab/long bed/300 with a 5 spd. manual and 4WD) then the left rear fitting that hold the brake line into the wheel brake cylinder is a Ford part/piece. Got new fitting for everything else at Napa, but not that one. Napa told me to go visit the Ford Store.
I didn't have a brake line diagram either. I just pulled the lines out one at a time, put a fitting on the end, did the double flare for that end and started bending the tubing using the old piece as a guide. Once I got to the other end I'd put the new fitting on the line and double flare it and then install it and repeat on the next piece of brake line.
I'm probably a bit weird. I enjoy bending brake tubing and making it look nice.
When we did my youngest son's 91 RS Camaro I had him paint the bottom of the car and the rear axle gloss black and then we bent the brake lines, made sure they'd fit and painted them gloss red before installation. Different colors make even small parts stand out some.
I got a stainless steel kit rom rock auto and it was nice, everything pre bet, pre flared, went together nice without much guesswork. dont think Id do it any different.
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When we did my youngest son's 91 RS Camaro I had him paint the bottom of the car and the rear axle gloss black and then we bent the brake lines, made sure they'd fit and painted them gloss red before installation. Different colors make even small parts stand out some.[/QUOTE] I have a little more conduit in use now(redid some runs) and I have some places elsewhere in the engine Ive done This isnt a ford product but its my car, same concept applies.
I more or less allowed myself to express more creatively and since things up here tend to die from rust, there is no sense in leaving a turd unpolished (go down with a fight kinda thing?)
But adding color when I do stuff has been nice.
Felt like a moron when I did a trans mount on my car with john deere yellow and then stupid me painted the side that hugs the car, not the one you Seee!! lol... Should have just done both lol
first, make sure you use a quality flaring tool, and second, as dumb as it sounds, make sure you put the fitting on the line before you flair it, it happens more often than you think, lol.
I got a stainless steel kit rom rock auto and it was nice, everything pre bet, pre flared, went together nice without much guesswork. dont think Id do it any different.
I have installed three or four stainless steel kits from Inline Tube. Much easier than bending my own line but I did not suggest that because the OP said he already is planning on using Nickel Copper line.
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