Any Mechanics on here?
The mother in law just gave us her car as we need a 2nd one - been doing only 1 vehicle for the past 10 years, so it
It is a '92 Mercury Cougar in pretty nice nick apart from the brakes. I need to replace the brake line(s). Any idea how much that would cost at a garage to get fixed? :fingerscrossed: If it is too much, the FIL says he could take a look.... Anyway, cheers for reading. |
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Dh is a mechanic, he's in work this weekend. But I can ask him and tell you tomorrow. We are in Cali but it'll give you an idea.
Or you could call somewhere like Meineke and ask how much for new brake lines on a 92 cougar. They will usually tell. |
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Originally Posted by HoosierDaddy
(Post 8777673)
The mother in law just gave us her car as we need a 2nd one - been doing only 1 vehicle for the past 10 years, so it
It is a '92 Mercury Cougar in pretty nice nick apart from the brakes. I need to replace the brake line(s). Any idea how much that would cost at a garage to get fixed? :fingerscrossed: If it is too much, the FIL says he could take a look.... Anyway, cheers for reading. |
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Originally Posted by Macca67
(Post 8777825)
Not a mechanic but spent enough time in my uncle's garage to understand a bit about motors. It's a fairly straightforward job and shouldn't take more than 3 hours to replace the lines.
Having said that though, it shouldn't be more than a couple hundred dollars, You may be lucky and only have to repair a section rather than replace them all. |
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Bleeding brake lines, not fun, we had a male female disconnect when I tried to help hubby with that. Can't help on cost estimate, OH works on our cars..............eventually.
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Originally Posted by Michelmas
(Post 8777978)
Then you obviously have never worked on brake lines. It's messy and time consuming. You have to disconnect from the prop valve, master cylinder and each wheel and route it around, behind and through all sorts of obstacles (assuming nothing is so rusty it seizes and breaks off). Fingers crossed you can get pre-bent and terminated lines for your car. If not you have to get the lines, form them, flare them and fit the correct fittings on them. and then at the end of it all, you have to bleed all the lines and each wheel.
Much more likely that all that needs to be replaced are the flexible hoses that connect the metal brake lines to the brake cylinders - that is easy and shouldn't take more than a couple of hours at most even for an amateur mechanic. |
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Originally Posted by HoosierDaddy
(Post 8777673)
I need to replace the brake line(s).
It's not clear from this how you determined that the brake lines need replacing, so I'd confirm your assessment before assuming that it is accurate. However, most brake work tends to be reasonably affordable. The Cougar of that era was mechanically identically to the Ford Thunderbird, so parts should be readily available and fairly cheap. I would expect most of the costs to be comprised of labor. |
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Originally Posted by bevinva
(Post 8777985)
Bleeding brake lines, not fun, we had a male female disconnect when I tried to help hubby with that.
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Brake work, especially in the north where roads are heavily salted and cars corrode more can be tricky. Kinda like when your porch has a rotten board, and when you try to replace it you find the supports rotten...and end up having to replace the entire porch.
If I were you I'd get some quotes from local garages- it will probably save you a lot of aggrivation and scuffed up knuckles |
Re: Any Mechanics on here?
Originally Posted by RoadWarriorFromLP
(Post 8778699)
If you want to know, I'd just call a few repair shops in your area that work on Fords and ask.
It's not clear from this how you determined that the brake lines need replacing, so I'd confirm your assessment before assuming that it is accurate. However, most brake work tends to be reasonably affordable. The Cougar of that era was mechanically identically to the Ford Thunderbird, so parts should be readily available and fairly cheap. I would expect most of the costs to be comprised of labor. Thanks for the input folks! :thumbsup: |
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Originally Posted by md95065
(Post 8778082)
That's the worst case (and, absent physical damage to the vehicle or severe corrosion, probably quite unlikely)
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Originally Posted by HoosierDaddy
(Post 8778872)
Aye - I got underneath the car yesterday and saw exactly where the fluid leak is coming from. Brake line rusted just before it splits off to the rear brakes. I will call around tomorrow, just wanted to see what the BE community would say also (since no garages were open when I posted).
Thanks for the input folks! :thumbsup: The parts for the brake lines shouldn't cost that much. But as noted by another poster, if this was caused by corrosion (salt), you may uncover more problems as you start poking around. Cross your fingers... |
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Originally Posted by Michelmas
(Post 8777978)
Then you obviously have never worked on brake lines. It's messy and time consuming. You have to disconnect from the prop valve, master cylinder and each wheel and route it around, behind and through all sorts of obstacles (assuming nothing is so rusty it seizes and breaks off). Fingers crossed you can get pre-bent and terminated lines for your car. If not you have to get the lines, form them, flare them and fit the correct fittings on them. and then at the end of it all, you have to bleed all the lines and each wheel.
Having said that though, it shouldn't be more than a couple hundred dollars, You may be lucky and only have to repair a section rather than replace them all. |
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It is not too difficult but obviously must be done correctly.
http://www.ehow.co.uk/video_2328140_...rake-line.html |
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