Series 3 Brakes

[dlovettuk]

We're starting to install the brake pipes on our Series 3 and have a couple of questions before we go too much further.

 

1. The rear brake pipes require a t-piece - does anyone know if this is a sierra item or where I'd be able to get hold of one.

2. We've been trying to work out the best place for the brake pipes (flexible hoses) to exit the engine compartment. Does anyone have an suggestions or advice around bracketry.

 

Any advice/words of wisdom appreciated

[niduncan]

I used the t-piece that came off the Sierra:

 

 

I mounted the flexible brake hose like this, no brackets required:

 

 

Hope this helps.

[Snapperpaul]

Places like car builder solutions, Rally Design, Burton Performance will do the T piece but buy the fittings at the same time so you know they will fit.

On the sierra and any ford for that matter the flexi pipes usually met up with solid pipes at some sort of support bracket with a spring clip to keep them together, on my build I did what Nigel has done bolting the flexi's straight into the calipers but cut down some femail brake fittings to use as lock nuts, especialy important when flexi's go directly into a caliper, as when you turn the front wheels the turning movement will convert to a twisting movement where the flexi goes into the caliper.

[dlovettuk]

Thanks for your help, and for responding so quickly, very useful.