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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 04:37 PM
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Check all your new fittings after about 15 miles worth of driving and a couple days from now just to be sure none of them are leaking.
 
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 11:26 PM
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10 4 good buddy
 
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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 10:14 AM
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Check all your new fittings after about 15 miles worth of driving and a couple days from now just to be sure none of them are leaking.

Haha. 15 miles.... 75 miles... my test drive was kinda long. Thanks, though. I'll make him check them today.
 
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Old Aug 22, 2010 | 10:27 AM
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Haha. 15 miles.... 75 miles... my test drive was kinda long. Thanks, though. I'll make him check them today.
Nothin wrong with that, gotta make sure they're working.
 
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 11:45 AM
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does anyone know what the brake line flaring nut sizes are and thread on them is.. for a rear brake line going back yes the leaking one in the frame 1999 dodge ram 3500
 
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 12:41 PM
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I can look when I get off today Cuz I still have extra parts in the bed but I believe it was 3/16"
 
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Old Oct 4, 2010 | 01:05 PM
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The line is 3/16, I think the nut size is 7/16 but not sure.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 01:06 AM
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d*mn hes figurin on 11 hours to repair a brake line...wow
 
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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 01:36 AM
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Originally Posted by joshsbetterhalf
So tonight, I left work, came to a stoplight... and hit the brakes.... and pedal hit the floor. Truck is now (thanks to my lovely fiancee following me) sitting at a local shop, I blew my brake lines. Yes, LINES. Both. And he's not wiling to fix it and I don't have the knowledge to do it. Says he isn't willing to drop the gas tank. So we're waiting to see how much this places says they'll charge.

But I guess, I can kiss my paycheck Thursday good-bye.

Oooooo Been there!!! Its a cheap an easy fix even if you do have to drop that monsterous plastic tank LOL!! That was the easy part took like 10 min if that. My suggestion is go out spray all the fittings with your favorite rust loosenerupper stuff. Respray for like a day every so often come back tomorrow cut the lines you are replacing use a 6 pt socket and remove. I redid them all its up to you how much to replace just inspect them all. Then go buy a roll of brake line (under 20 dollars) some fittings (maybe 1 dollar a piece) or some of the lines you can buy short pieces with fittings already then just bend (less than 5 dollars). My Autozone let me borrow a flaring tool which after I decided to buy but you don't have to (30 dollars). Took me a couple of hours, 30 dollars maybe for parts and 30 for a pretty new tool... Just a thought

Feels real smart this was an old post given new life ..... LOL Oooooooooops my bad
 

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Old Oct 5, 2010 | 01:45 AM
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Originally Posted by twotall911
does anyone know what the brake line flaring nut sizes are and thread on them is.. for a rear brake line going back yes the leaking one in the frame 1999 dodge ram 3500
There were like three different sizes from what I remember when doing mine. There were couple of odd sizes on the check valve and pump manifold. I found it best to take them with me so I didn't have to keep going back...
 
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