spankrjs's Biloxi, MS '83 Scrambler

[spankrjs]

And just for @bigwalton, not a tree, but close, @Bad Karma favorite Harbor Freight trailer/ mobile paint booth!!!

Primed and painted the plate, because it just wouldn't be a Spankrjs project without painting something!!





Back to the proportions valves last stuck fitting, bolt cutters to cut the line.



Used the press as vice to hold the valve, drove a six point socket over the fitting, it backed out easy enough with a 3/8 ratchet, happy dance!!





Cleaned off the exterior of the valve, and blasted out the inside of it with Brake Parts Cleaner.



Removed both front rubber brake lines.



Easy enough to remove the driver side front hard brake line, the shorter of the two front hard lines.

 

[spankrjs]

Ok, time for the PIA passenger side front hard line.

This little Phillips head screw can be fun to remove!



Came out no problem.

Two clips that hold this line to the frame, front cross member, under the radiator. I used a flat screw driver and hammer to pop the line upward and out of the two clips.



This is going to be the suck part, up near the driver side front corner.



Lots of stuff up here: steering shaft, power steering box and lines, lower radiator hose, etc etc.

Pulling the grill and radiator would make this easy, I also have AC, so don't really want to disconnect all that crap, too.

What I'm thinking, and will try: loosen grill from fenders, remove grill to cross member body mount and bolt, remove my front frame cross member cover. Feed this line in from the front, under the grill. I will just temporarily hold/suspend the grill up high enough to feed this line in from the front.

Well, that's the thought anyway.





Stopped there for now, needed a break. I should have changed all these front lines out years ago when I had the front clip off for the engine rebuild/swap. Oh well, that would have been too easy!!

 

[xatu40]

I'm sure you know this, but just in case. When connecting those new fittings, tighten the connection, then back it off 90 degrees and retighten, then do it two more times.

 

[spankrjs]

Got the passenger side front hard line installed tonight. Not as much as a PIA as I thought.

Original line unclipped, fairly easy to pull it up and out the front.





Quick reference picture for me, this brake line runs under the PS lines.



Removed the front frame cover, grill body mount and bolt, and all the grill to front fender bolts. Picked the grill up and rested it on some pieces of 2x4.



Wants to come out, so close.





Removed the driver side grill strut rod to get a little more movement on this side.



After that, not too bad at all, line came out, no collateral damage, very happy.



New line closely matches the original. I think it is a hair long on the portion that runs back from the front driver side corner along the frame back to the proportioning valve. More on this in a bit.

 

[spankrjs]

Ended up removing the under engine tube brace to make routing the new line easier. Reference pictures for me.





Routed the passenger wheel well end out first. Not too fiddly, not easy, meh. The bends and length here will work out perfectly.





Line fits tight at the passenger front corner, clipped it in place.



Fits well at the center of the cross member.



Hard to picture, but the line fits well in front of the power steering box, so clipped it here, too.



So, this line is too long on the driver side frame rail, as mentioned earlier. BUT, it is not properly secured, and I can still make a few more bends up front around the steering box to shorten it up some.



This is workable. I noticed this when I went out and looked at my red Scrambler which uses the same lines. So, not perfect, not bad.

 

[spankrjs]

Used this hole to run the line through the frame rail on the passenger side.



Line looks good under/behind the grill, bends and length look great here. Too bad it won't be seen here!





So, four lines installed, three to go. Re-attached the front grill and fenders, happy with this progress for the brief time spent tonight.



That's it for now!

 

[spankrjs]

Put the original clips on the new master cylinder to proportioning valve lines:



Dropped them down from above, threaded them into the proportioning valve.



NOTE - I have kept the proportioning valve loose, NOT bolted to the frame.

I just let these two lines run wild up top for now.



I tried to install the passenger side front line next, but couldn't not get it installed with the two top lines installed, couldn't get the angle correct, so disconnected the two top lines and installed the passenger front line first.



Then reinstalled the two top lines.



Time for the driver side front line next.



Four down, one to go.



Went ahead and installed the rear line while I was at it, so all five lines reinstalled into the proportioning valve.



All seven original lines removed and in the trash pile.



I will wait until the two master cylinder lines are strapped to the proportioning valve plate and firewall before bending them into position up here.




So, that whole process was not fun, but not terrible. It is much easier to install all of these lines on a bare frame!!

I need to bolt the proportioning valve and plate to the frame rail, then reinstall all of the frame clips, bending the lines slightly as necessary. After that, new flex lines, flush out the front calipers, then finally bleed the brakes.

Yep, not sure how changing rear pinion bearings involved removing the grill, welcome to my world

That's it for now.

 

[Belizeit]

That’s what you call jumping all in.