I hope the line is not clogged with rust. As I said many times the brake
lines rust from the inside out and all that crud will do a number on your
brake seals. Don't ask me how I know but even using silicone w/brand new
components everything needed to be replaced w/i 4 -6 years.
When I disassembled the pistons and cylinders I found rust particles which
scored the walls.
I replaced all the lines with new ones I bent up. Not hard but very time
consuming.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: <Geegc@aol.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 1:11 AM
Subject: rotor rooter brake line
> The list helps again.
>
> As constant readers may recall that last night I discovered a clogged
brake
> line from the master cylinder to the junction box on the firewall. One
> lister suggested a rotor rooter and so my BW went to the local OSH to buy
> some cable that would fit in the tube.
>
> When she got it home we hooked the cable up to the drill and fed it into
the
> tube. Lo and behold, it worked and the obstruction was cleared. One
thing I
> discovered, it helps to have some extra rubber or a metal tube to run the
> cable through to keep it from twisting onto itself as you feed it into the
> brake line.
>
> Thanks again to Fred Schroeder for his suggestion.
>
> Now I have only another week or so of greasy evenings before I try to
start
> the beast.
>
> Gary C
> 1966 1600
> 1968 2000
>
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