1992 Dakota LE, 3.9 L V6. My brake lines, I discovered, are Metric.
Does anyone have a source for new lines ? Mine have rusted and now leaking. Have tried everywhere.
Will be the death of this truck if I can't find source.
260,000 miles and still running. Can't complain !

Thanks

 

Either a) bend your own (hint: Fittings aren't really metric, but the line should be 1/4" ) out of cupro-nickel and slip stainless armor on it before mounting, b) find some in the boneyard (may help to hit up car-part.com and see if there's a boneyard near you with the lines), or c) pay someone to hand bend them (paying them to do the a) for you.)

RwP

 

Linestogo.com has kits iirc

 

After nearly 30 years, I had to retire my 92 Dakota. Still ran great but Iowa snow and salt application on their roads, finally ate through my brake and fuel lines, frame and numerous others.
260 thousand miles.. Will miss my truck dearly.
Won't have the privilege of coming back to the Forum so thanks to all that have helped me in the past

 

For option a) - are the Mopar fittings double-flare or bubble-flare? Also, what about the fittings themselves? Is there one standard thread pitch for 1/4" brake lines (and power steering & trans cooler lines), or is there a difference as far as metric/standard? Any recommended brand of fittings? Finally, where would one source the stainless armor?

 

There are companies that make preformed brake lines.

https://www.inlinetube.com/collectio...e&model=dakota

Stainless steel here. Unfortunately the above link is just 4x4 only. Which is strange because usually the 4x4 parts are hard to find.

 

Other than maybe at the master cylinder itself, I doubt highly that your lines are metric. I've redone the lines on a handful of these trucks, and the lines are just regular 3/16 line. Nothing special at all. And most likely not bubble flare even.i know my 92 my 93 and my 84 definitely didn't have a metric brake fitting anywhere in the whole thing.

The 2000 I did was a combo of both bubble flare and standard flare. I'm gonna have to redo the lines under my 96 before next winter. Rotten brake lines not enough to make me get rid of a good truck. I go and buy a 25 foot roll of brake line and cut/flare my own only costs about$20 for the green coated lines, the nicopp is easier to work with and supposed to be the best line out there, easier to flare and form, haven't worked with that yet. A lil bit more expensive for the roll of line but not crazy so. For fittings I cut the old lines as close to the fittings as I can and drill out the remnants of the original line in a video and slide them on the new line. It helps me to have my own 2 post lift in my home garage. I've done a few of these jobs for others. Not hard just takes some time.

I bought a 99 dakota almost 2 years ago, had a pile of reciepts in the glove box from the past owner and one of them was for a shop to do just that, but I'm so glad I wasn't the one who was dumb enough to write an $800 Check for a local (to the past owner) gas station to do that job. I've never spent over $60 in parts and material to do the whole thing including new rubber flex lunes which these idiots didn't even change for that ridiculous price.
The last one I did for someone else I charged$250 plus parts, and it felt like I was overcharging at that. To replace all the brake lines to all 4 wheels does take most of a day even on a lift.