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Haven’t driven the 911 in a couple weeks due to the hunk of razor blade that got embedded in the drivers side rear tire… ordered up a new Pilot Sports to go all around but they won’t be here for a few more days. Decided now would be a good time to attack on the new brake lines that have been sitting for a couple months as well.
Unfortunately to really work on the car I had to move it in the garage a bit which meant throwing the flat tire back on it. Problem was it had a nearly inch long cut… to remedy the high leak rate when inflated I put a bunch of superglue in the cut and let it sit overnight. It may not be roadworthy but it was enough to hold air and move the car a few feet over. I wouldn’t drive on in apart from moving in the garage but it’s still holding pressure.
Getting the car jacked up and on blocks was pretty straightforward… I may be wrong on this (feel free to tell me) but I feel a lot more comfortable with it up on a bunch of large wooden blocks that just Jack stands. Glad I had bought some pinch weld blocks a while back on a late night Pelican shopping binge. Once I got all the wheels off I discovered a screw in the passenger side rear tire. It wasn’t leaking to any significant degree but now I’m really glad new rubber is on the way.
First brake line went pretty well, it was the one that had already been replaced with braided stainless. Then I get to the other side and discover why it hadn’t been replaced. The fitting on the hard line from the rear coupler where it attaches to the flexible line was pretty much completely rounded off. I tried it a few different ways very carefully but it seems to be toast. On the plus side it doesn’t seem to be leaking.
I did order up a replacement hard line from our host but it appears likely that the engine will have to be dropped in order to replace it. I’m going to evaluate the situation a bit more once the replacement is on hand but it looks pretty much impossible without at least dropping the transmission support and I’m guessing the whole engine.
I’m going to evaluate things once I finish getting the brakes bled but I’m pretty sure it’s just gonna have to remain as-is for a bit as it’s too damn hot for me to want to really tear in and drop the engine at present.
Anybody have experience replacing the rear hard line from the coupler?
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