How to Make your own brake lines
The brake lines on most classic Fords consist of steel (plastic-coated in some cases), aluminium or copper pipes with rubber flexi-hoses. When or if these need to be replaced, there are a number of options available and also a number of considerations to take into account. For instance, you may wish to use kunifer brake pipe, which consists of 90 per cent copper and 10 per cent nickel and is more reliable to flare and easier to manipulate than copper pipe.
Or you may want to upgrade to non-metal brake lines, such as braided-steel PTFE, which is available from Rally Design and Hosetechnik.
Deciding which materials to use is only part way towards making and fitting new brake lines. A more important point is to work out the specification of what needs replacing. Not only does the diameter of the brake pipe need to be correct, but also the type of flare and the type of thread for the fastenings. The diameter of metal brake pipe is measured in fractions of
