I just got a 1995 F-150 and am seeking some advice on my brake lines. The old lines busted and my buddy that I bought my truck from had one of his friends put new lines in and I'll be honest it does not look good. He used his copper tubing and the rear lines look like they've been wrapped around the rear axle. The front right line is leaking as well and that is a line that his friend replaced and it looks like it is leaking from the fitting. I should add that the brakes do not work, the pedal goes to the floor and the ABS light is on and the E-Brake light is also on even after you pull the release. Should I just buy a new brake line kit and replace all of the lines? Another question that I have is whether fixing the brake lines and bleeding them fixes the problem on the E-Brake. I know you can't know for sure just curious if anyone has any input. Apologies if I post wrong or do anything wrong, very new here. I can also post pictures if that helps.

 

Welcome.

 

Rule # 1, never use copper for a brake line. Myself, I would replace everything with steel lines. They likely will outlast your 1995 truck. You can either make up ,buy all new fittings and flare your own lines or measure out everthing and buy premade lines using a couple unions to connect everything together. Others might suggest stainless but that is overkill for a 30 year old vehicle. I replaced mine with steel on my 87 about 20 years ago. They still look very good.

Concerning your E-brake light. No, the brake line work and bleeding will not fix the indicator light for the e-brake. Must likely you are looking at binding e-brake cables where the e-brake pedal is not fully returning to its resting position.This is very common on an old vehicle which the e-brake is rarely used. The cables are inexpensive and fairly easy to replace.

Your pedal sinking to the floor is either caused by a bad master cylinder which is bypassing fluid, severely leaky lines/joints or air in the hydraulic system or all of the above. I would also change out all the flex hoses and the rear wheel cylinders for your drum brakes at the same time since they are cheap.

 

+1 for using basic steel lines
Buy a flare tool and by the time you are done making about 20 double flares, you'll be an expert
Yours won't leak if you make the double flares correctly, and get them bolted together nice and tight
Only replace the lines that leak

 

YouTube is your friend for something like this...

Depending on what part of the country your truck has lived in will determine how difficult it'll be