Classic Tube brake/fuel/clutch lines purchased with comparison pics

[xray]

Hi X-Ray:

The tube coming down from the brake master cylinder to the distribution block... the one on the right in the last picture ...... looks completely wrong...

What did you do about that?

What year Z did CT think that line was for?

Thanks,

Carl B.

I'm surprised no one noticed that until now, but not surprised it was you that brought it up!

My car has an aftermarket BMC which apparently necessitated some custom bend tubes to fit the distribution block. I test fitted an old OEM BMC I have and the tube fit appears much better...so it is "completely wrong" but only because the old tubes were the wrong ones....

CT is a good place to get tubing from, but they still require some "onsite" bending/manipulating to fit the car well. No, it's not plug and play, but it looks pretty good to have new stainless lines instead of corroded ones.

I bought the tubes listed by CT as matching those from a 6/72 240Z. Should still be a 1972 MY since the VINs listed on your site are in the 9xxxx range. They reference their patterns based on samples sent in from customers, so I had to take it on faith that this was not a set from a very early 1973, since IIRC the dist block is in a different location.

To get by until I get around to installing a "correct" BMC I sanded and polished my old tubes, and put three coats of clear on them.

Merry Christmas!

Steve

[Carl Beck]

Hi Steve:

I noticed it because I ran into the same problem. One of the brake lines from the master to the distribution block was totally plugged on the 73 BRE Z ... and I couldn't get it opened up... it was of course listed as NLA from Nissan... So a friend in Atlanta sent me a set he had already had re-Cad plated.... it looked like the set from CT and was of course the wrong one... So he sent me a second set and finally we found the one that would work (like your OEM line)....

So it looks like they changed that line sometime before the 73's came out...

I'd send the two lines back to CT, and ask them to duplicate your OEM line - and note that is the line for late 72's... That way they would have the model for both.. and customers could just send in a picture of their original lines so they would know which one's to resupply.

good to hear your making progress at any rate...

FWIW,

Carl B.

[Walter Moore]

The master cylinder lines in the last picture look like the ones on my 71.

(Which by the way I was able to very nearly duplicate with a hand bender.)

[Carl Beck]

There are two sets there... which one are you talking about?

Carl B.

[justinr54321]

Thanks for this thread, for I will be replacing both my fuel and brake lines with stainless, as soon as I buy all the lines piece by piece.