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MerlinGTI

Rigid Brake Line Diamenter?

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MerlinGTI

is 3/16" OD the stuff to use?

 

Also how many and what size & sex 'ends' will I require to do a whole 1.6 (front & back) ?

 

cheers ;)

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Tom Fenton

3/16 OD pipe, you want 10x1 fittings, very similar to the 3/8UNF ones available but not the same so be careful, I "think" you will need 12 off male fittings to do a 1600, this includes the short pipes from the rear flexis to the wheel cylinders, but doesn't include one of the ones for the compensator v/v as one side of this I seem to remember is a different size union, you will need to re-use this.

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MerlinGTI

Nice one Tom, ta dude :)

 

Any Idea where to buy the fittings cheaply? ebay dont seem to have many/any m10x1 fittings, lots of 1.25 :/

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Cloverleaf

Rally design...

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welshpug

Any local motor factor, I got 25 feet of pipe and 8 10x1mm ends for £10.50 a few weeks ago and borrowed my mate's flaring kit.

 

Brake compensators IIRC are 12mm one end 10mm the other, had to get a new end as one of mine was well and truly seized into the compensator (Scrapping the compensator too!)

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Ryan

The 1.6 compensator is 10mm both ends.

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paul205mi16

Can you confirm the size of the two ports on the compensator?

 

M10?M12?....??

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welshpug

Sorry, I think Ryan is right, I was reffering to the 1.9/309/zx/306 type with one in each line due to the diagonally split systems.

 

Easy enough to check, 10x1 unions are 11mm heads, 12mm unions have a 13mm head.

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