Attempted to install the brake lines today.
Removed the J/T (junction tee), with all three lines attached to it. I did find that the passenger side line was kind of ****ed a bit going into it. :scratch:
So I removed some of the stock coil that wraps around the line, cut off the end, and made a new flare before the bend, and reinstalled it. So the passenger line is still the stock line. Going to try this first, if it works, awesome, if not, well, back to fighting another new hard line install. :roll:
I removed the stock drivers side line completely, and was really impressed with it's design. In the middle of the line, it flex's like a rubber line does (always thought it was rubber line). It is wrapped in a plastic tube with zip ties. I removed it, and found a very nice section of steel braided line between the hard lines. Hard lines are wrapped with steel coils to dissipate the heat from the engine compartment.
But, I had to replace that line with the new line I had. Holding the stock line in hand, I simply followed the bends with the new line from the bottom to the braided section.
Fed that lower half down from the top of the engine bay, and tediously got it to fit in the same place as the stock line. Once that was connected to the caliper soft line, I then made a new routing on the upper half to meet up with the J/T. Since the ABS pump is gone, I had more room to work with, and was able to get all three lines connected to the J/T and with the J/T sitting level, and no longer at an angle as it was previously.
This took me longer than I had hoped for, and I didn't get a chance to find help to bleed the system again.
Tomorrow, I am going to try to gravity bleed if I can't find a helper.
Special Note for later:
Only metric fitting left on the system is at the front line connection on the master. M12x1.0x3/16" line. All other fittings are 3/16"-24, and take a 3/8" wrench. Soft lines use a 14mm to the line fittings. Hard lines have long fitting at the soft line connection, and short fitting at the master/J-T.
