Repairing the brake line in 1988 ford ranger 4x4, 6-cylinder, manual.

[roderek]

the truck has a leak in the brake line and we need to know where we can find a kit to repair the rear line.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Get a roll of brake line, bend it to fit and install it. There is no "repair kit".

 

[sfwjesse]

best way is to figure out how long the piece you need is....from fitting to fitting, then buy a pre flared one at autozone or the likes of them. It alreayd has the fittings on it, just make sure you dont need to adapt them, (e.g. i think the valve block on the frame uses a bigger nut. The other way is to cut out the bad section of line and piece a new piece in using swagelok type fittings, also sold at auto zone. I like to replace the whole section.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Do NOT use compression fitting for brake lines, ever!

You MUST do proper double flares with flare nuts and unions if necessary.

 

[sfwjesse]

heh...yea i never liked them. If you want to be all fancy and route the line just like the factory one you will have to buy a flaring tool to flare the custom cut length....Ive never had much luck with flaring (probably cheap tool's fault)

 

[robertc1024]

Do NOT use compression fitting for brake lines, ever!

You MUST do proper double flares with flare nuts and unions if necessary.

I think it depends on the type of compression fitting. I work for a company that makes pressure measuring and controlling instruments and we use compression fittings on pressure lines that see up to 10,000 psi on a daily basis. That's WAY more than brake lines would ever see. Swagelok, Hy-loc, Gyro-loc, Parker's A-lok fittings would be perfectly suitable because they all use double ferrules. If you're talking about some crappy single ferrule compression fitting like on the ice maker in your refrigerator, I couldn't agree more.