Pedal box and Brake pipes
Discussion
What an absolute PITA getting the pedal box out is.
Sod the diff bush replacement, this is my new worst job on the car!!
Anyone who has had it out know where the large rubber pipe that feeds through it goes from and too? I thought it was part of the AC or heater circuit but not traced it through fully yet. Seems to disappear under the header tank.
Leading on from this, has anyone replaced the hard brake pipes on the car without stripping too much of it apart. I think I'm going to have to replace the lot as the ferrules at the bottom of the drivers footwell have seized solid after years of crud being blasted at them.
Sod the diff bush replacement, this is my new worst job on the car!!
Anyone who has had it out know where the large rubber pipe that feeds through it goes from and too? I thought it was part of the AC or heater circuit but not traced it through fully yet. Seems to disappear under the header tank.
Leading on from this, has anyone replaced the hard brake pipes on the car without stripping too much of it apart. I think I'm going to have to replace the lot as the ferrules at the bottom of the drivers footwell have seized solid after years of crud being blasted at them.
Is the the pipe you are referring to the vacuum pipe for the brake servo assist?
Having replaced my hard brake lines throughout with the body off the chassis I would say it will be impossible to follow the original route with the body on. It is tricky enough bending them neatly in the right places when you have full access to manoeuvre the pipes around chassis members. The back brake line runs along the top of the bottom rail at the front, then up a vertical member and along the outside of the top rail at the back. Completely impossible to follow that route without taking the body off.
You could reroute the pipes down the tunnel, but personally I would prefer them to be the other side of the chassis from the prop shaft in case of a UJ failure!
How about putting an in line joint a little way back from the distribution block in the wheel arch, so you just replace the section nearest to the pedal box? If you use the right joint it is no less secure than the 3 way joint at the back.
Having replaced my hard brake lines throughout with the body off the chassis I would say it will be impossible to follow the original route with the body on. It is tricky enough bending them neatly in the right places when you have full access to manoeuvre the pipes around chassis members. The back brake line runs along the top of the bottom rail at the front, then up a vertical member and along the outside of the top rail at the back. Completely impossible to follow that route without taking the body off.
You could reroute the pipes down the tunnel, but personally I would prefer them to be the other side of the chassis from the prop shaft in case of a UJ failure!
How about putting an in line joint a little way back from the distribution block in the wheel arch, so you just replace the section nearest to the pedal box? If you use the right joint it is no less secure than the 3 way joint at the back.
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