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brake pipes

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might seem a strange one but i don't want to get it wrong.......

i've just had my new copper pipe set delivered and what goes where i took all the old ones off ages ago and can't remember where they all go

help please and thanks and i'm still after a blue rear seat for a traveller and a piece of trim for the rear blue also that i set light to while welding :oops:
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yes helpful indeed but it still doesn't say which one goes where lol.

the last thing i want to do is take ages to feed a pipe thro only to find it should of been a diferent one

but yes thanks for that
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If you look at the illustrations in the various manuals and parts list you'll see the routes that the pipes follow, and also see that they are of different lengths. You don't need to know the exact lengths, just relatively that the longest goes in position A and the shorted in position B. As a starter, the two very short ones go between the cylinders on each front wheel. Now try the rear axle right hand pipe - easy to lay out and check without bending. The next shortest is propably from the front union (3-way plus brake light switch) to the front right hand wheel, or the left hand rear axle. Another easy one to check is from the back of the master cylinder to the rear axle. As you get a few done, the remainder become obvious. Good luck.
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Note that the rear axle pipes have different threads on the ends!!!
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