yeah, so whoever had my car before me put on an intake that wasn't really made to fit the car, i thought it was all good, but it ended up rubbing through one of the hard lines in my engine bay...

i need a quick fix for this... the hole isn't very big, but it's shooting brake fluid out all over everywhere and i have to push the pedal all the way to the floor before it even thinks about stopping...

will jb weld work??? i had some of the jb weld quick stuff around the house and let it set up for a day, but it didn't work... any other suggestions??? TIA

 

You need to either replace the whole brake line (which I would recommend) or you could splice in a new piece with flaired fittings.... JB Weld will not work. Those lines are under way too much pressure for it to work and since the whole is so small there's not a hell of a lot for JB Weld to stick to.. besides they're your brakes, don't try to get cheap cuz it's just not safe

 

can you get just one of those hard lines in the engine bay though??? i thought it was all one unit... how much does that unit cost and where can i get it...

 

... you confused the **** out of me... I'm assuming you're talking about a regular OEM brake line. You can get those at any auto parts store in any size you need. Pics would help out btw

 

alright, my car is a '94 gsr... the air intake rubbed a hole in one of the hard abs lines on the passenger side of the engine bay right next to where the cone sits on short ram intakes... you know what i'm talkin' about now???

i don't have a digi cam so i can't take pics...

 

i think the simplest, easiest (and cheapest if you dont think you can do it yourself) thing to do would be to get a shorter length of hard line (you can get them at autozone type places), cut the old line, put on a new fitting with a flare tool, and bolt on the new length.

jb weld might work, but i wouldnt want to chance it.

the only other option is to replace the entire line, which is a pain. you'll need to remove the entire hard line, bend the new line to match with a bending tool, and maneuver it back in. difficult with the engine being right in the way and all.

gl.

 

i couldn't have someone just solder to hole or anything??? i don't know much about that kinda stuff... and how do i bolt a lenght of pipe on???

 

like i said....you need to cut the piece off with the hole....and put a new fitting on with a flare tool.

 

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do you want to die?, these are your brakes we are talking about, replace the whole line or splice it the proper way, in the time it took you to respond you could have cut and reflared the line and installed it, dont forget to bleed all the brakes in the proper order afterwards, if your fluid got low in the master cylinder you will have to blead the master as well

 

thanks guys... guess i'll start lookin' for somebody to help me out with this

 

yea, like i said before, just get a flaring tool (can't be more than $15) and another section of brake line and you're good to go... solder will not work and again, like I said before, they're your brakes so why the hell would you want to skimp out

 

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good call... 'preciate the help