Chojinchef
Junior Member
Would normally be a simple repair - but repair one and the next one breaks, repeat until frustrated.
So I started looking into a stainless pre bent kit, so I can do it once and be done. Truck is a 1987 D250, standard cab longbed. If the intermediate line that runs the length of the chassis were not so long, I might just get a generic steel line and make it up. But if I need to pull the tank, I am considering option of the stainless kit.
Question is - what is difference in hard brake lines for a 1/2 ton vs a 3/4 ton?
LMC offers kits and for all short beds, they list 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton as same kit. With longbeds the earlier 73-77, and 78-79 are same kits, but for some reason the 80-89s are listed 1/2 ton only.
A call to them yielded a generic “we don’t offer a kit for that truck”, so I am left confused and reaching out to the forum for any clarification.
Thanks for reading, and any suggestions.
BTW - lurking since inheriting truck 6 months ago, but first time post. Elderly couple across the street said if I could get it going, I could have it. Carb rebuild and tune up, plus a day and it’s in my yard.
So I started looking into a stainless pre bent kit, so I can do it once and be done. Truck is a 1987 D250, standard cab longbed. If the intermediate line that runs the length of the chassis were not so long, I might just get a generic steel line and make it up. But if I need to pull the tank, I am considering option of the stainless kit.
Question is - what is difference in hard brake lines for a 1/2 ton vs a 3/4 ton?
LMC offers kits and for all short beds, they list 1/2 ton and 3/4 ton as same kit. With longbeds the earlier 73-77, and 78-79 are same kits, but for some reason the 80-89s are listed 1/2 ton only.
A call to them yielded a generic “we don’t offer a kit for that truck”, so I am left confused and reaching out to the forum for any clarification.
Thanks for reading, and any suggestions.
BTW - lurking since inheriting truck 6 months ago, but first time post. Elderly couple across the street said if I could get it going, I could have it. Carb rebuild and tune up, plus a day and it’s in my yard.
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