This may be a silly question. I'm renewing the brake pipes to the rear brakes on my 1999 Felicia 1.3 non ABS and I foolishly forgot to note which pipe from the master cylinder goes to which rear wheel....

Is it critical and if so, which connection goes to which rear wheel? It looks like one side of the master cyclinder goes to the front calipers and the two outlets on the other side (on the right in the attached photo) go to the rear cylinders...

I'm expecting to have some problems feeding the new brake lines down from the master cylinder to under the car, does anyone have any hints on whether it's better to start feeding the new pipes down from the engine compartment, or is it better to work from under the car and feed up the shorter amount to the engine compartment?

Any and all advice/hints/tips more than welcome...

(I've already rebuilt the rear brakes with new shoes, cyclinders, springs etc. together with new pipes and hoses and removed the fuel tank and exhaust system to make it easier to get the long brake pipes installed)

Thankyou....

Felicia has a diagonally split braking circuit, so on the master cylinder whichever pipe goes to the front right, the pipe opposite it should go to the rear left, and vice versa. This is supposedly so that braking is more even and stable in a situation where one brake line or component fails.

On 16/05/2023 at 08:34, Sympol said:

removed the fuel tank and exhaust system

When I did mine all I needed to do was separate the two rear exhaust sections, and remove the rubber hose that connects the fuel tank to filler neck. Must admit it does make fitting the cross body pipe a bit fiddly, and limits working space around the brake compensator.

Edited 19 May, 20233 yr by R_U_AFA

I don't know if these can help you.

 

 

Thanks for the replies - I eventually figured out that it was a cross braking system so as advised I connected the pipes so that the right front/left rear work together etc. Hardest part was threading the new pipes from the master cylinder to under the car. And taking out the fuel tank to get to the cross body pipe, which was well corroded. Also fixed a vouple of corroded fuel lines while I was at it.

Next problem is getting the fuel tank back in place  - having problems getting the fuel pump large 'jam jar' type screw retainer to connect properly - it keeps popping up when I think I've got it screwed on properly......

I've not done this job myself before, but sometimes there will be alignment marks on the pump and tank that have to face each other. Or is it possible that there a seal that is getting traped.

Thanks - I saw an arrow on the top of the pump assembly and a corresponding arrow on the tank, which I've aligned. With the tank out of the car I managed to get the top screwed on. After a lot of struggling I got the tank back in place, but the top of the pump assembly seems uncomfortably close to the floor of the car - not sure if the top is crewed down cpmpletely now 😞
There is a seal where the pump assembly sits in the tank, but I believe I got that situated right. I'll have another look shortly - still got the exhaust to refit.......