SOS - Need quick advice - Brake fluid leak mid trip
47312 and 47313 is for the passenger front wheel brake line. The gas tank is on the drivers side. And I can see the drivers lower rear control arm front mount area.
There are 2 lines in that area that are probably leaking. The ones you may need are 47321, 47322, 47323 and 47324.
There is also a connector that the 2 lines front lines connect to the 2 rear lines, 47321D. Good luck
Hah, crap you’re right! I was looking at the thing backwards, no wonder it was confusing me.
To answer the other question - when I noticed the leak the fluid was just below the min line and quickly formed a puddle about a foot in diameter. I didn’t drive it anymore except to load it on and off the tow truck. By the time I got towed home 2 hours later it was completely empty. Luckily there was just enough left to get it on and off the tow truck.
A quick anecdote about the tow - after I initially posted this thread I called a tow truck which took me to their shop, which was about 2 miles from the rest stop I was stuck at.
That tow cost $100. I decided I didn’t want to leave it at their shop and end up paying $120 more for diagnostic + whatever ungodly repair bill it would be, plus they couldn’t even look at it until tomorrow. We’re talking NYC prices and the place was the only shop around and next to a busy highway. So I would have been in a desperate situation and my guess would be $1k+ for their estimate.
Luckily I realized geico has roadside assistance so I got them to hook me up with a tow truck, towed me 40 miles home for $75. In short - I now love geico for saving me a $500 tow.
Back to the repair plans - I ordered 25 ft of copper 3/16” brake line, inverted m10 flare connectors (x10), inverted m10 Union couplers (x10), a tubing cutter, stainless steel wrap to protect the copper line, and an inverted flare tool.
I’m just going to run all new lines and either reuse the mounts where possible or zip tie them to the frame where not possible.
I don’t think I will be able to get my hand up there without dropping the tank, so I will probably just cut those old lines out and figure out a way to route the new ones.
Also ordered a new bell crank so I can fix my non-functional ebrake. If my brakes had gone out on the road I would have been screwed, so that’s getting done.
Also going to drop in a new (to me) brake booster since I think my old one was starting to go.
The upshot to this is ever since I replaced my third member a few months ago my brakes have been poor, despite multiple bleedings. I’m looking forward to getting under there and refreshing everything and having confidence in that system.
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