Stainless Steel Brake Lines Upgrades On Our Chevy El Camino - Hard Lines - CHP Step By Step

Next, we threaded the remaining ends of the rear brake lines into the T-union handtight. Next, we positioned the bracket and threaded in the rearend cover bolt into place and locked it down. We tightened up the bracket with a 1/2-inch socket. From there, we placed the supplied clips to the lines. The clips prevent the line from backing out of the bracket.

We continued our path towards the front by fishing the rubber line through the rear crossmember. Next, we took the longest of the stainless brake lines and fed that to meet up with the rear rubber line. We threaded in the stainless line handtight and placed the clip to hold the assembly tight.

Moving forward, we attached the stainless brake line to each of the factory clips along the framerail to hold the line in place. Eventually, we made it to the front of the El Camino. From there, it was a matter of piecing the rest of the lines to their appropriate spots.

The only "arch-shaped" line in the kit is destined to feed brake fluid from the master cylinder to the front passenger side caliper. We placed that stainless line across the member and threaded its end into the rubber line coming from the disc brakes.

Our Master Power brake kit is used on numerous applications. During our original install, we placed the proportioning valve under the master cylinder. However, in order for the Inline Tube kit to fit properly, we used their supplied bracket to relocate the valve to the fender side of the master cylinder.

The opposite end of the crossmember line will connect with the supplied 90-degree union and then to the stainless brake line coming off of the proportioning valve. Our MP conversion kit proportioning valve supplies brake fluid to the passenger side of the car from the bottom of the valve. We threaded in this line there handtight.

What was left? Included with the Inline Tube kit are two very short stainless lines. These lines feed brake fluid from the master cylinder to the proportioning valve. The bigger line (1/4-inch) will feed the rear brakes while the smaller, 3/8-inch line provides fluid for the front. At the top and end (facing diagonally) of our Master Power proportioning valve (pointing towards front bumper) there is another threaded opening. Here, we threaded in the smaller line for the driver side front brakes handtight.

For final fitment, we then went along and tightened up each fitting with a 3/8-inch wrench.