My lines are rusted out pretty bad on one just started to leak. I'm getting pretty high quotes to replace them ($400-450ish). They are saying it's a lot of labor because they have to bend them, etc. Doesn't somebody make some that are precut/prebent to just pop right in there? Or how difficult is it to DIY it?


Modified by amtrak23 at 3:11 AM 3/23/2008

 

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Are you talking about number 9 in this picture? If so it looks like its available pre-bent and only costs $120 MSRP. Sounds like they are including alot of labor. I'm not sure how hard it is but you would have to bleed the brakes after which is usually 1 hour of labor. So you have 120 for the part, 1 hour to bleed, that leaves another 2 hours or so of labor that they quoted you. It seems a little high to me, but I've never done it before either.

 

I did that job before on a car that someone jacked it up in the wrong place.
I seem to remember that the plastic shroud covers, around the rear sub frame were a real pain to get off without breaking, and the rest of the job was a smooth deal.
But I don't live in the rust belt either.
Probably a full day saturday job in the driveway on good solid jackstands.

Then you can take all the money you saved and send us all some beers

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hondadude &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I did that job before on a car that someone jacked it up in the wrong place.
I seem to remember that the plastic shroud covers, around the rear sub frame were a real pain to get off without breaking, and the rest of the job was a smooth deal.
But I don't live in the rust belt either.
Probably a full day saturday job in the driveway on good solid jackstands.

Then you can take all the money you saved and send us all some beers </TD></TR></TABLE>

I 2nd that motion

 

Ok, I was wrong on the quote. It was for the two brake lines and the three fuel lines, since they recommend replacing them all at once. Especially for us rust belt folks.

I'm going to take a look under there later today and see what it looks like.

What kind of fittings are on the ends of these lines? Just wire clamps of some sort?

 

Ok, after getting under the car all lines (fuel/brake) need to be replaced.

I'm going to grab some SS hard lines from Summit since it's only a few bucks more than the stuff at Autozone. How much and what size do I need of each if I'm just replacing the factory stuff? I'm not getting the prebent stuff from Honda because each line is about $100.

I know I need the 3/16" for the brakes, and Summit sells it in a roll of 25ft, so that should be more than a enough for the two lines.

Is the fuel line 5/16"? Will one roll of 25' be enough for all three lines?


Other items on my list:
Pipe bender
Pipe cutter
Flare wrench
PB blaster
37 degree inverted flare kit
misc fittings...

Anything else I should get?