Replacing brake line (the long one)
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Replacing brake line (the long one)
Hey fellas, happy father’s day to all the dads out there 
Quick question, so I developed a pin hole leak in my rear brake line. It’s the one that follows the frame rail back to the rear axle—the really long one. It’s pretty rusty I wouldn’t trust a splice. I ordered a new one but do I have to drop the tank to replace it?
The truck is a CCLB E99 if that matters. Thanks for any advice,
Andrew
EDIT: what I meant was do I need to remove the fuel tank or can I shimmy it to the side? What’s the best course of action I have about 25 gallon of fuel in it and primitive hand tools haha
Quick question, so I developed a pin hole leak in my rear brake line. It’s the one that follows the frame rail back to the rear axle—the really long one. It’s pretty rusty I wouldn’t trust a splice. I ordered a new one but do I have to drop the tank to replace it?
The truck is a CCLB E99 if that matters. Thanks for any advice,
Andrew
EDIT: what I meant was do I need to remove the fuel tank or can I shimmy it to the side? What’s the best course of action I have about 25 gallon of fuel in it and primitive hand tools haha
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I ran a copper nickel line (well secured and protected against rubbing) outside the frame rail when mine popped. I'll move it if/when I have to drop the tank for some other reason in the future.
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Similar to the above…… I was able to fish a replacement line between the tank and frame…….then later when I had the tank dropped I secured it in its original location.
BTW, IMHO the tank is not that difficult to lower…… especially when it’s low on fuel (*) and a good time to do the Hutch Mod if not already done…..and check roll over valves and vent tubing.
* (I made a 3/4” X 8” X 48” pine board that bolts to the swivel plate on my garage jack….similar to transmission jack to stabilize the length of the tank)
BTW, IMHO the tank is not that difficult to lower…… especially when it’s low on fuel (*) and a good time to do the Hutch Mod if not already done…..and check roll over valves and vent tubing.
* (I made a 3/4” X 8” X 48” pine board that bolts to the swivel plate on my garage jack….similar to transmission jack to stabilize the length of the tank)
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