Trainmaster
Old School Member
At 65MPH, the guy in front of me stopped. -- Spun around stopped. I hit my brakes hard, the anti-locks came on, but I was closing too quickly and then I lost the brakes completely and put it up in the grass...
2008 Expedition: Take a look under the air cleaner housing and you'll see four lines going to the anti-lock brake module. Each has a 4-inch braided flex section in them. The ends are poorly welded and some nylon brake hose is bubbling through some of them.
Yeah, they burst. At the worst time when you stomp them. A stream of DOT3 brake fluid pi$$ed out of them. And the rear brakes do next to nothing to stop you when you lose the fronts.
Nobody makes replacements, and the OEM Motorcraft part is discontinued.
You have to bend your own 3/16 lines without the flex piece. Reuse the fittings for the anti-lock module. They are metric.
This design and quality is criminal.
Just for reference, the right front line is a five hour job in the driveway, if you didn't wrap the truck around anything and you got it home in one piece.
2008 Expedition: Take a look under the air cleaner housing and you'll see four lines going to the anti-lock brake module. Each has a 4-inch braided flex section in them. The ends are poorly welded and some nylon brake hose is bubbling through some of them.
Yeah, they burst. At the worst time when you stomp them. A stream of DOT3 brake fluid pi$$ed out of them. And the rear brakes do next to nothing to stop you when you lose the fronts.
Nobody makes replacements, and the OEM Motorcraft part is discontinued.
You have to bend your own 3/16 lines without the flex piece. Reuse the fittings for the anti-lock module. They are metric.
This design and quality is criminal.
Just for reference, the right front line is a five hour job in the driveway, if you didn't wrap the truck around anything and you got it home in one piece.
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