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regis101
Dec 17, 2015Explorer
I've been chipping away at the 'ol '73 when time permits.
Discovered the MC was leaking. The hard line that leads to the rear brakes was, cold welded/rusted frozen aint budgin' on the verge of breaking, to the nut.
I did the pb blaster thing for a few days. Kept trying to work the line free with minimal twisting. I then found out about the acetone/atf concoction. Tried that for a few days. Kept everything wet the best I could but being a liquid doesn't allow much to sit there. I left things alone for probably two weeks. Went out there with a pair of pliers to hold the line and a 9/16 line wrench for the nut. Held the line firmly while twisting the nut back and forth and voila, she broke loose.
I cried but nobody saw. The whole ordeal spanned prolly three weeks but I was amazed I was able to save the brake line.
Discovered the MC was leaking. The hard line that leads to the rear brakes was, cold welded/rusted frozen aint budgin' on the verge of breaking, to the nut.
I did the pb blaster thing for a few days. Kept trying to work the line free with minimal twisting. I then found out about the acetone/atf concoction. Tried that for a few days. Kept everything wet the best I could but being a liquid doesn't allow much to sit there. I left things alone for probably two weeks. Went out there with a pair of pliers to hold the line and a 9/16 line wrench for the nut. Held the line firmly while twisting the nut back and forth and voila, she broke loose.
I cried but nobody saw. The whole ordeal spanned prolly three weeks but I was amazed I was able to save the brake line.
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