mneblett

Any tips? The stock line is really routed over-the-river-and-through-the-woods.

One definite question: Is the upstream connection inside the tunnel plate, or aft of the plate?

Thanks!

69

Here is the connection for a '99 with a manual, hope this is helpful.


Cheers,
Goose

mneblett

Excellent! Thanks!

roppa440

I found it easier to remove the rear section of the exhaust when I replaced both of mine last winter. made it easier to get two hands/spanners up to those connectors. It wasn't too bad a job after that.

mneblett

Thanks for the suggestion. I'm going to pull the left muffler, then see whether the right one should come out, too. I hope to get to this by this weekend.

roppa440

Oh sorry. Now you mention it I think I just took out that side of the exhaust. Just couldn't get my hands in with it there. I also happened to have a few plastic plugs for plugging the lines from the master cylinder so I didn't loose too much fluid as it took a while to bend the pipes. I had to do both as more than very sight surface rust is a failure on the annual test we have to have in the UK.

mneblett

I have finally had a chance to put the car up on my lift, and thanks to the photos above immediately located the connections.

In the above photos, the left and right hard lines have opposite male/female connections (same on my car). The right line appears to have a female fitting at the front end.

The Poly-Armour line I picked up (PAE-351) has two male fittings. Does the PAEX-351 line have one male, one female fittings? If not, is there an adapter I need to pick up?

roppa440

I re-used the existing flare fittings using a flaring tool.

mneblett

Final Report:

Turned out that both rear brake lines had rusted out, so both were replaced. I was able to avoid tube cutting and flaring work; all "bolt-on" (of course, with a lot of use of tube benders).

I used Poly Armour lines, PAE 351 (not PA 351, PAJ 351, etc.) for both sides. The left line was a bit long, but a couple extra bends took care of it.

Note in the pictures above the reversed connections. The right side's large fitting was not available, so instead I used a union (not a compression fitting) to allow connection of the two male bubble flare fittings on the car and the PAE 351 line. The union is M10 x 1.0, double female, internal seats for bubble flared lines (AutoZone part APG(?) BLU-8C).

Thanks again for the help!