Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Private_collector

There is now a great wealth of photos poted here in last few days. Maybe they could be gathered and copied to a thread specifically for poor boobs like me to mooch off!

General hint, moderators

Tony, good point, when I have the time I'll pick up the challenge to merge the brake line related postings with the thread I posted earlier.

Hanno

[Private_collector]

Cool. Cheers Hanno.

That'll be good Karma.

My karma ran over my dogma.

[Private_collector]

Brake lines from master 1.jpg Brake lines from master 2.jpg
All the remaining brake lines are now formed and ready for having the ends flared. I had no trouble making the front line in one piece, but was very surprised to find that I could not do the rear without having a join. It was impossible to have the rear pipe as I wanted without needing to bend it horribly getting it out of the frame again. I tried a number of ways, but always had to spend a lot of time re-straightening the tube. Hard to do with the line out of chassis, and virtually impossible to get it straight once it had been fed back in again. The join will be just rear of the transfer case cross member.
Brake line front 1.jpg Brake line front 2.jpg
I found a suitable bracket for the front end, where the pipe joins flexible hose. It's still very rusty right now. When I went to use the compressor I found it laboring to turn over, so shut it down before it blew up. Off to the compressor repair people again, I guess. In the meantime, no sandblasting at home .
Brake line rear 1.jpg
I made a rear pipe bracket, as per photos Jacques had posted, but realised I would need to drill another hole through the chassis wall to attach it to, so I made one that would use one of the holes already existing in the rail. The white color is etch primer, and the hose in the photo is one of my front axle to brake cylinder ones. I'm yet to buy the ones going from frame to axles.

[Ryan]

Reading and watching with awe as usual Tony.
Such an excellent thread.
Ryan

[Bob Carriere]

Hi Tony

Yes it is near impossible to do the full lenght of the frame even on a short C15a without having a union joint somewhere. Make sure you get yourself, buy or borrow, a good flaring tool...... they will save you money on wasted brake lines and give you better overall results...... and good non leaking brakes are cheap insurance.

We have found at the barnt hat it is usually preferrable to reproduce a bracket rather than try to clean it up.... make a few extras they are good bargaining chips...... and tag and keep the original for reference.

Enjoy reading and watching your progress.

Bob C.

[Private_collector]

G'day Bob,

I just make the brake pipes. I get the flaring done by a local hydraulics shop. I have a flaring tool, but as you say, best to be certain of quality workmanship. My flaring tool will be used for fuel lines only.

When I made the brake lines, I allowed a little extra length in case even the professionals work is not good enough and has to be redone.

I did have a guy that was supposed to be doing all the brake work, including pipes, hoses, and all connections, but he was to get back to me about a particular part I was wanting, and I didn't hear from him again! I don't reward unreliability.

Cheers,

[Jacques Reed]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Hi Tony
Yes it is near impossible to do the full lenght of the frame even on a short C15a without having a union joint somewhere.

Hi Tony,

Going up to Industrial Fittings Pty Ltd tomorrow morning to get a joiner for my front and rear chassis brake lines in view of them seeming to be original fitment and the difficulty I found, too, of bending and flaring a one piece line in-situ for the rear chassis brake line. Front one not quite such a problem but still will use a joiner as per your diagram.

While I am there do you want me to pick you up any?

Cheers,

[Private_collector]

Oooooh, Yes please!

Awfully decent of you. I'll take two if that's OK. You never know when you need a spare/replacement.

Thanks for that

Am awaiting a reply from Auto Surplus regarding the front suspension bolts etc.. I'll let you know what they say when I hear from them. Hope they have the parts. Macs might, but i'm still traumatised from the last enquiry effort.