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Short brake lines


philmorley

philmorley

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1990
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Automatic
Just finished the 4" lift on my 1990 ranger xl 4.0L V6. Turns out my front brake lines are too short now, I was kinda expecting this to happen since there wasn't much play in the first place.

Question is how do I extend them without buying the stainless lines from skyjacker. Can I throw some Bronco lines in there and call er a day? Has anyone experienced this issue lately?
Thanks in advance.
 
Do you have any idea what brand and model they are? Will regular bronco ones fit?
 
Was just gunna post that link and say I found it. Thanks guys. Should have looked a bit harder before I posted.
 
the only problem with that article is that they don't address what to do with the left side front BL, the left line is built into a T. i was about to order the lines with the extensions from rockauto when i realized that
 
I did exactly that. And I was choked when I saw no T in the drivers side brake hose. The right side worked great. Heres a pic.

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at the bottom of that page are a couple part numbers by Bob, that's what I used but it required a little more work, but gave a nice end product. If the parts store needs an application use a '95 Suburban with a 5.7L engine... It was a little more involved though as your '90 has metric fittings, I changed mine to standard. On the drivers side to get around the tee issue I got a female/male/female tee at the parts store, I had to run a 3/8-24 die down the male part though since it was 1/8" pipe thread or something, you can see how it ended up below.

Here's what my drivers side tee looks like:
RangerLift027.jpg


I've got 6" or so of lift and they are plenty long. There's brackets in the middle of the lines but they aren't hard to remove with a couple screwdrivers and a pry bar...
 
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