Hey guys haven't been here for a long time, I'm gettin back in the saddle with this truck for next spring and got some questions. Called LMC about the brake line kits they sell and didn't see the year I need, they have only longbed for f150 91-93...? also it's only 2WD??? Shortbed 4WD is only 80-86 same goes for Longbed as well (80-86). They told me to call Ford and speak to a mechanic because they didn't know....Oh ok..sure...Has anybody bought one of these kits for their 4WD 91-93? And what all do I need toolwise to buy beforehand? Thanks
Raven

 

Save your money, I just did my entire 92. All new lines. Buy about 30 feet of 3/16" brake line and bunch of fittings from auto zone. As far as tools go, you need a tube cutter, a flare tool, a bender (you can bend them by hand but a bender has a cleaner outcome). It's a pain in the *** but when done it will look / function just like new.

 

Buy new flexible lines too

 

ok I will try that because it doesn't sound like fun but it does sound like it'll be worth it . me love save money. about how much did it all cost you?

 

Thats really hard to say because I had the truck on jack stands for 5 weeks. I did all sorts of work to it (exhaust, brake lines, all new drum brakes, oil change, xfer case fluid change, topped off differentials and a bunch of other random crap I can't remember). If my memory is correct the brake line is around $1/foot, fittings are cheap, flex hoses are between $5-10 a piece on rock auto.com, tube cutter only a few dollars, tube bender under $20, I got a decent flaring tool off of amazon for $40-$50. So if I had to guess it would be somewhere between $100-$150. Less if you already own the tools or borrow them from somebody. Of course you always need to remember the snow-ball effect when working on these old things. You always end up braking / needing something else you didn't expect.

 

Also, I HIGHLY recommend soaking all the fittings and bleeder ports with good penetrating oil for awhile before starting (spray them daily leading up to starting) and use a good quality tight fitting flare nut wrench (I like my craftsman set). This was my snow-ball: line fittings would not come out of rear wheel cylinders, ordered new wheel cylinders, pulled drums to change cylinders and found pads / drums all jacked up, ordered pads / springs / drums. After all of that I finally had a new brake line on the rear axle, hahaha. That kind of thing went on for the whole truck! good times working on an old rusty rig.