Hi all can someone give me some tips advise or old threads on how to change my rear pipes as it has failed MOT due to corrosion

 

remove cap on brake fluid res and fit a bit of plastic from a 5p bag and replace the cap, this will provide an air tight seal to stop all the fluid running out when removing the old pipe.

the rear brake pipes have a joint near the rear wheel just past the petrol tank. undo the nuts and seal the ends still on the car, the pipe clips into fixings on the chassis that will brake when you pull the pipe out. pull pipe out as you go until you get to the connections near the rear braks where it connects to the flexible pipes, undo the flexible pipe and then lay the pipe removed on a flat surface and run a bit of string along it to get the length. make up a new pipe of the correct length and dont forget to fit the nuts on the ends. feed the new pipe in and bend where needed. reconnect the flexible end and then the end near the tank. remove the plastic bag and refill the res. now bleed each wheel until new clean fluid comes out.

the new pipe will need some fixing clamps as the old ones will have . its a very messy job but both rear brake pipes can be replaced in about 5 hours.

 

Thanks lpg so pretty straight forward then no horrors or impossible nuts to get at without taking half the car to bit to get at

 

Forum sponser SNG Barrett has the pipes as well as cargeeks, carid, and others (like probably rock auto). Search looks like both sides are the same unit.

Even these guys have the hoses, clips, etc.

https://m.autozone.com/parts/brakes-and-traction-control/brake-lines-and-hoses/jaguar/xtype