Re: 1948 Super Eight Resurrection

Posted by Joseph Earl On 2012/3/19 22:02:51

The cylinders I purchased from NAPA have smaller inlets than the brake lines on my car. Hence the adapters. I'm not certain what the sizes are, all I know is that the new cylinders I bought had the plastic plugs marked 3/8", which I think are actually 3/16". That would indicate that all the brake lines on my car are 1/4". What I can tell you for certain is that tonight as I was hooking up the right front, I used a 7/16" line wrench on the line nut, and a 5/8" on the hose. See photo.

GearRat52, the adapters are common brass fittings, I got them at NAPA. They were not as inexpensive as I thought they should be at around $6 each. But I still saved $$ over Kanter.

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