So I got myself a nice brake master cylinder for my '73 and put it in... only now I'm dealing with the problem of a leaky screw on the brake line leading from the master cylinder's rear brake reservoir to the dual circuit pressure differential. Two questions:

What is this called? I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the manuals thus far.

And two, does anyone know where I can get a replacement part? I'm stuck in a dead-end town with no way to get to a nice junkyard or anything, so the internet's one of my only options.

Thanks a lot guys, as always.

Any brake shop should be able to make one for your you. Won't look as good as a factory one as it's near impossible to match those bends but it will work fine and shouldn't cost very much.

MSA and victoria british both have what you need.

check the links section on this site also as well as do a search on the site.

Hey thanks, I ordered the catalog again since I can't seem to find mine. I didn't notice anything like what I'm looking for on either website, either: does this mean its only listed in their catalogs?

Victoria british has one listed titled as "BMC to Brake switch pipe" however it;s only listed for the 78 280 in the 73-78 section. They did list however for 70-72 the same part for 8.75. I can'imagine that other than the bend that it is any differant and that would work, however I have never owned a 240 only 260 and 280's so maybe someone else could advise.

honestly other than the bend, I'm confident you could use that one or make one yourself with a straight piece of brake line and a tubing bender.

Excellent. Thanks for your insight! I'm trying to avoid "local mechanics" at all costs, the town I'm in for the next two months has just about the poorest auto care prospects I've ever seen. One of those places where no specialist is over 19, or seems to know what the hell he's doing. I'm sure if I tried having one fashion and install a brake line, it would eventually end with them stripping the paint off with brake fluid... yuck.

Ugh, one of those type shops :devious:

If you give Vb a call 1-800-255-0088 they should be able to advise you if the earlier line will work. The part number for the 70-72 line is 64-664 and the later one for the 78 is 64-678. Note, the later pipe is 43.95 so hopefully you can get away with the 8.75 one,

I got on the phone with VB and the dude had no clue about whether or not I could use a '71 for a '73. The fact that the reservoirs got reversed between those years may have something to do with it, I'm not sure. But anyways, the moment I got off the phone, Ken at MSA got back to me and said he found a single brand new one in an old parts bin for me. What luck! What a way to start the weekend. :classic:

Thanks a lot for your help.