Supposedly (according to the plate) it's a Jan '73 car. It does not
have flex hoses that attach directly to the cylinders, though. There is a
backing plate / mount point for the flex-hose to final-cylinder-line
joint.
Wouldn't the existence or not make for a larger difference in lengths?
Like, maybe 18" difference? ;-)
On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, Andrew Mace wrote:
> On Fri, 13 Jun 1997, David M Brock wrote:
>
> > Also, it's a '73 Spitfire, and the supplier told me that the lines that go
> > from the flex hose to the cylinder were 18" long. The ones I took off
> > were only 11-12", and they made it all the way around the inside of the
> > hub, the way they're supposed to. Are the guy's inches smaller than mine,
> > or did I have the wrong part on to begin with???
>
> Is your car really a 1973? ;-) More important, does it have the correct
> (longer) rear axles? On the pre-1973 Spitfires, the flexible hose goes
> directly to the wheel cylinder. On the 1973-on cars, the hose goes to a
> bracket on the backing plate, and a steel pipe then feeds to the wheel
> cylinder. I believe that would account for the difference in lengths.
>
> --Andy
>
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