Brake lines

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Build Manual Build Sequence Monocoque Front End Rear End Doors Finishing Donor Components Rover Metro Donor Components Rover 220/420 Components Build Sections Battery Beam end covers Bonnet and front spliter mould Boot bootlock and hinges Brake lines Carpets Dashboard cover Doors Engine cover moulding Engine frame Engine and auxiliaries Exhaust Front suspension Gear change Handbrake lever cables and calipers Door panels Trim Headlight covers Heater and pipework Lights Part trim panels option Pedal box and master cylinder Perspex screens rear and side Petrol tank filler neck and cap Pipes and services through the tunnel Radiator ducting and splash moulds to monocoque Radiator mould radiator and pipework Rear suspension Roof panel Seat belts Seats and runners Separate instrument option Setting up the car for the road Soft trimming Spare wheel mould and spare wheel Steering rack and column Throttle pedal Trimming hard panels Windscreen and rear bulkhead screen Windscreen washer bottle pipes and jets Wiper motor and blades Wiring Wiring loom insruments and fuse box 1800 gear change p.g.1 gearbox 1800 engine mountings 5AS alarm units Hydraulic clutch 1800 engine steady Spyder Supplement Top Seatbelt Mounting Hood Boot Engine Compartment Grills Stainless Steel Mesh

The braking system on the GTM Libra splits the braking front and rear and not as in the Metro across the car. The brake pipes provided in the kit are Kunifor. The rear brake pipe runs through the tunnel. Four brackets are provided in the kit to bolt to the monocoque and provide location where the flexible brake hoses mount to the solid brake pipes.

Assembly

The cunifer brake pipes provided within the GTM Libra kit are bendable by hand without any special tooling. Take great care to ensure that the pipes are all correctly seated within their locations and of course once the brake lines are full of fluid make sure that you have no leaks. The drawings show the position of the brake pipes where they are attached to the monocoque at the front and rear and on later cars the positions of the mountings are indicated on the tub by slight indentations.

The rear brakes are attached to the top of the K Series Rover Metro master cylinder. From the rear of the car the rear brake pipe runs over the top of the petrol tank and down the tunnel in the position shown on the drawing.

P Clip this pipe to the side of the tunnel and under the petrol tank.