rubber brake line upgrade some time ago I asked if there was a way to upgrade the front brake lines to an aftermarket teflon lined braided flex hose ... I looked for the thread but couldn't find it ... anyway the answer I recieved was apperently in error .. it's okay guys . I'm stubborn ... no isn't ussually a viable answer in the auto world .. a better phrase would be "not easily" or even better "not economically" however you all now get to benefit from a stupid amount of time spend babysitting the mailbox and cruising the web... the upgrade can be done ... you just have to build the setup from scratch and piece it together and here is a basic list of the parts needed ... the diameter of line is optional between 3 AN and 4 AN .. I went with four but also have some special lines in the glovebox incase the line press is too low FRONT the lines are 15" long on both sides .. I used a company called allstar racing however earl's plumbing makes 3 AN lines that will fit .. lines cost about $15 each ...you need 2 the tough part is actually the adapter for the car end .. for the steel lines.. only one company makes these adapters in 4AN .. not sure on the 3ANs .. earl's PN 989548ERL .. $6 each .. you need 2 caliper adapter .. mine was again .. 4AN ..7/16-24 ... aeroquip PN FCM2930 ... earl's also makes these and the allstar company but I paid the extra because I have never been a patient man... $12 .. 2 per pack .. you only need one pack finally I used just a little teflon lube in all the threads .. the earl's 989548s have a groove for the stock ford chassis mount .. so reuse old mount and clip.. route the lines and carefully tighten the chassis end ... install the caliper adapters .. tighten line on caliper end ... done ... all in a couple hours tops and under $75 .. unless you have to return and reorder parts 5 or 6 times... REAR again I went 15 inch 4 AN line .. then a 3 way brass adapter from the neighborhood auto parts store... 3 females all in 7/16-24 thread .. an 7/16-24 to 4 an adapter .. a little luck in not breaking the old hard lines ... a ziptie .. and about an hour .. oh and an aeroquip FCM2937 .. 4AN to 3/8-24 female .. for the chassis end .. you have to either notch this piece or round out the chassis mount on the car.. save the c clip and reuse .. and bang .. bleed whole system and enjoy never having to replace rubber break lines again.. and theoretically you'll have firmer pedal... well hopefully.. every other vehicle I have done a similar rebuild on has gotten better pedal .. but they were all power brake.. waiting to see on this baby this basic process and the part types should cover all Maverick and Comet models throughout the run unless you have a different threaded caliper... my local parts store told me they were all the same calipers.
So will the front lines your talking about let you swap from drum to disc without running new hard lines?
should do .. the adapters are what really makes the system work... the time consuming part I encountered was with trying all the possible adapters. I would think that if you matched to the existing lines and then either ran longer or shorter flex lines you would be able to pull it off .. honestly don't see why it wouldn't work the strength .. and the weakness ... of this setup is the fact that you are basically building your lines from multiple parts instead of using one piece rubber lines with compression fitted ends.
Factory disc brake hoses are not quite long enough when used with drum brake hard lines ... a hose about 6 inches longer than the OEM disc brake line would be perfect ...
