E30 Zone

just removed the front to rear brake pipe (mot fail) hard enough to remove it , access mainly at the front end where it screws in to a sort of lump (excuse my ignorance before it comes back to the master cylinder. to refit any tips as the new pipe as its so long how best to line it up with the lumpt thing or should i take that out first any tips greatfully recieved thanks

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sorry mate, i were not ignoring you, but unfortuantly don't t know the answer, sorry. someone with a bit more experience may come along later on.

Screw one end into the lump (ABS unit?), and shape the pipe to fit as you move back the car.
Bit late now, but it's far easier to make your own pipes, using cunnifer alloy pipe, (never rusts), and to cut and join the pipe under the car, as the front part never rusts.

the "lump" is probably the rear brake pressure proportioning valve if its about the size of a cotton reel and its under the master cylinder.

thats it thoght it must have been some pressure regulating device i beeter taking it off or leaving it where it is its a bitch to get at espec with 3 meters of brake pipe to fit to it

hi i know im not offering advice but mine failed mot to and ive been told i need to drop my diff and petrol tank
does any1 know how hard it is to drop petrol tank ?

gorgeee wrote:hi i know im not offering advice but mine failed mot to and ive been told i need to drop my diff and petrol tank
does any1 know how hard it is to drop petrol tank ?

Fit braided pipes,no need to drop anything then.

Available for Ԛ£50,and can be fitted in half hour,just cable tie them to the old brake pipes,this is what I did on my previous E30,MOT man happy.
I could'nt face all that work to get to those rear nuts under the axle/tank area.

so then the pipes are just pushed under the tank dont they need to be fixed anywhere?

Construction and use regs require brake pipes to be fixed at a max of a certain distance. 300mm IIRC., but probably wrong.

Brianmoooore wrote:Construction and use regs require brake pipes to be fixed at a max of a certain distance. 300mm IIRC., but probably wrong.

I wasn't sure what the distance was so I put cables ties every six inches.

I'll look at my car tomorrow and give you a better description of how i did,with regards to the fuel tank etc.

so u took a braided hose straight off the bottom of the brake proportioning valve thing to where right to the wheels ? where did it end etc and this was a kit or something u made urself ive bought the line now and had the petrol tank out allready (having fun here) whats the best way to bend the steel pipe or is it just suck it and see help lol

had anight mare today bending that steel brake pipe. well three pipes to be honest, brake one the other doesnt fit got one on, went to bmw because i though they would fit straight on stupid me who does a braided hose kit and where do i get one (are the fuel lines bend urself too!

found the goodridge sight but they dont seem to do the fron to back line lol just my luck and one any ideas ( i gonna have to buy a kit to make my own)

thanks every one

Sorry for the late reply.I really cant remember where i got mine,it was just someone plucked out the yellow pages when I lived in a different area to where I do now..
I had to measure the front to back pipe (meaning from the master cylinder to the "T" piece ate the back,then the two pipes running down the rear subframes to the calipers.
They then made them to size with all the fittings,and all i had to do was bolt it to the car,all this for just under fifty quid.
Sorry I cant point you in the right direction as to where to get them though.

Try these guys,they have "3 line" kits for Ԛ£46

When you get on to their site from this link click on to "Flexible Hoses(rubber/Braided)" on the left of the page.

http://www.automec.co.uk/cgi/enter.html ... dedzj.html

three line kit just replaces the felxies doesnt it it the long one im needing

wont replaceing a steel pipe with a braided one lose efficency no matter how well reinforced it is