Today we made a start on replacing the old and very tired hard brake lines on my Mini Cooper S R53. Join me as we try out the flailing tool and try to route the new lines 🤞🤞
The brake line on the offside is a larger nut from factory. Nice job bud, it looks so much easier than with the tank in the way. I bought the same pipe benders as you but I found it just as easy if not easier to do them by hand. BTW WTF was your neighbour thinking? He must be mad being out in that weather lol I suppose he probably thought he was going to get wet anyway so why not. Roll on part two, oh I almost forgot I paid £10 delivered for the abs/brake wear sensor clip, I’ll definitely be going to mini in the future for bits and bobs.
Hi Colin, We were having a laugh with him and he did say that he couldn't get any wetter 🤣. Yeh, I gave up on the pipe benders and just did it by hand- seemed like a good idea until you need to change direction. I am hopping that we don't have any leaks when I finally add the brake fluid. AND I thought of you when I was trying to get the braided hose into one of the callipers- almost threaded it- would NOT have been happy! Hoping to get the other side completed this weekend but Garden jobs to be done as well 😏
@@RichT53 bless him, at least he has a good sense of humour. The braided lines weren't to bad I just a tap down a they were fine. It's the bleeder nipples that seem to be my nemesis. I had the bright idea of replacing them with nice shiny stainless ones. Big mistake on my part. Still leaking, both my eyes an the bleeder nipple. Left the car alone last week an this weekend. I was supposed to be at a bbq today but gone fishin instead lol. Enjoy the gardening an what's left of the bank Holiday. I'm sure yours will be fine though.
