"Don Rey" <radon220@gmail.com> wrote:
> So why'd they leak so fast? Not one but BOTH lines into the
> proportioning valve failed. At the same time. What are the odds? For
> 18 years they've worked just fine... why would both fail at the same
> time? And did you know they're not standard tube nuts into the
> proportioning valve (or the ma/cyl for that matter)? Who thinks up
> this crap!? So TWO separate trips to autozone (p.s. they don't carry
> non-standard tube nuts) AND napa, and I think I finally have the right
> ones. I gave up when I replaced the first line and found out about the
> second break because I got frustrated. The second old tube nut won't
> unthread.
Hehehe! Its almost like deja vu! :-) I had a similar experience
a little while back with my '92 Ram, except I was going down a hill,
touched the pedal and it went all the way to the floor. My parking
brake is rusted solid in that vehicle too, and its an automatic.
Fortunately I rolled up another small hill, dropped down into some
lower gears and as I crested the hill, was able to put it in neutral
and drop it into 4lo then back into gear. It was working perfectly
until some idiot pulled out and stopped right in front of me! Had to
put it in reverse and fortunately got it stopped with about 2 feet to
spare, with this guy staring out his driver's side window at my brush
guard. AFTER I stopped, the clueless doofus drives off without any
idea about what almost happened. :-P
Anyway, our stories kinda match up during the aftermath part too, I
went to a few parts stores trying to find whatever the heck Dodge
decided to use for tube ends in the proportioning valve and MC. I
ended up drilling the rusted brake line out of the ends, cleaning them
up with a wire wheel, then inserting new brake line through them
before flaring it, which fortunately worked. Course, as soon as I got
it back together and bled, I stepped on the brake pedal and a line in
the back burst. Some days it just isn't worth getting out of bed.
(On the plus side, I should be OK on that vehicle for a little while
since I don't think any of the original hard lines are left.) :-)
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