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MG MGF Technical - braided brake lines


Am in the process of fitting new brakes. Have also got steel braided hoses as well.

Has anyone done this brake hose job themselves?
I am having problems with the upper connection.

If you are to remove the whole rubber hose, you must also remove the connector that goes between the wheel arch and under the bonnet. Thus you have a connection direct to the steel brake pipe. (I have ABS, but assume this will be the same for a non-ABS car)

My questions are...
- What is the connector called between hose and pipe? I need one it seems! The one supplied with the hose will not work. :-(
- How have people fixed the pipe/hose to the bodywork as it passes between wheel arch and under bonnet? Have they?
...and less importantly...
- How is the pipe clipped underneath? Is it?
- What to do with the old hose - and specifically the metal crimped joint bolted at the bottom of the shocks.

Any help much appreciated!

Cheers,
Paul.
Paul Nothard

I've fitted Goodrich braided hoses. The pipes fitted directly to the steel brake pipes through the apperture in the inner wing.

The pipe is held in place by a spring clip/circlip that fits into a grove in the top of the hose.

On my hoses it is a female end which protrudes through the body work.

My car doesn't have ABS and I wondered how easy it would be to do on a ABS car as the hose passes through the body in the corner of the plate on which the ABS unit is mounted. On the passenger side you have to remove the battery to access.

More of a problem is routing the pipes. Mine were supplied with a small single P-Clip for each front hose. The standard hoses are clipped to the lower shock absorber mount. Brown&Gammons supplied an additional clip to mimic this arrangement (not supplied by Goodrich), and the small clip was used to secure the upper part of the pipe to the inner wing via one of the bolts retaining the Hydrgas unit cover.
This arrangement allows the pipe to be safely routed without the rubber steel rubber arrangement of the standard pipes.

Its not as simple a job as I expected. Then most jobs on the F seem to end up like that!
Dave Rugby

Thanks Dave,

That explains a lot. Looks like the joint supplied doubles as a retainer when it goes through the bulkhead - as in the original setup.
I've simply been supplied with the wrong part!

Cheers,
Paul.
Paul Nothard

Paul

Where did you get yours from??

I too was most confused with mine till I worked out I had been given the wrong ones!

-matt
matt

My hoses came from the local A1 Motor accessories shop - but they got them from Graham Goode Racing in Leicester I believe.

I haggled them down to a price that beat the Brown and Gammons price and then ordered the two P-Clips I believe about 12p each through Brown and Gammons mail order! Postage cost more than the clips.

I'll look up the part number when I get home.
Dave - Rugby

Part number of hoses from Goodridge UK Ltd -

TMG1300-4C M.G./F 1800i 95

Part number for clips from Brown & Gammons AAA301 £0.66p each.

Hope this helps.
Dave - Rugby

Got mine from HiSpec with the 285mm 4 pot brake kit.
(Still in the process of fitting the brakes... a little tricky in places it seems!)

Have sourced the correct hose connector now so at least that part is done correctly now!!

So so easy when you have the correct bits!! :o)

Cheers,
Paul.
Paul Nothard

This thread was discussed between 12/09/2002 and 14/09/2002

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