1991 Firebird Front Brake Line and Hose Replacement (Ep.8)
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- The brake lines are looking pretty rusty and the brakes hoses are past their golden years, so we will give the brake system a future-proofing by replacing both hoses and one of the front brake lines. NiCopp brake line makes the job much easier than traditional steel brake line tubing.
Timeline of filming: November 1st, 2018 - November 2nd, 2018
Song List (Order of First Appearance):
0:01 Bringin' It Back - Dan Lebowitz
5:08 Green Forest - Riot
10:10 The Woods - Silent Partner
14:41 Sawdust - Silent Partner
17:11 Rural Stride - Josh Kirsch/Media Right Productions
17:20 Sawdust - Silent Partner
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Amazing edit on that toast
What edit? Haven't you used Nicop line?
@@TheBrokenLife lol
@@TheBrokenLife I agree the metallic flavour is the best bit
Personally don’t know jack about cars but this is entertaining
I hate you. I binge watched this, at first out of curiosity, then because I loved the content. Now I'm waiting, so long, for episodes I want to cry.
But thank you for the new vid :)
same my dude/dudette
Mood
I feel your pain. Lol.
UNO it takes a long time to make videos edit them record them and make sure there perfect how do u think Chris fix feels 😂
Same........
i wanna see a neighbour reaction video once this is finished
Imagine how happy he'd be
I love the detail of the banjo sound in the back when you said "banjo bolt"
Good, because I forgot to include it at first and had to delete the uploaded, processing video to go back just to edit it in, re-render, and re-upload it. Worth it!
@@FuzzyDiceProjects That sucks... If your internet is like mine, that's another 6-8 hours of "work".
where is it?
The butter thing was amazing
I just watched this whole series lmao, sick channel my dude.
same
Me 4
@@darshan5726 Me 5
Nogueira Malakian Me 6!
Aaaaaand i'm up to date in one day, hooked. Can't wait for next ep.
Now time for a 2 week wait for the next one......
I was so happy when I first found this channel. Binged on all of the projects. Such a great feeling to find a new gem like this or a good TV show.
Even one of these every 2 weeks has got be an insane grind. I'm trying to put one out that's about 1/2 as well done every week, and it's not as easy as it looks. My hat is off to him (and the rest of the FDP team as he's conveyed the impression that they all work together on the videos).
@@dominick253 could not agree more!
@@TheBrokenLife oh I totally don't doubt that, I respect the craft! I'm just gutted that I have to wait haha
@@warkites In my case "the craft" is a strong exaggeration, but FDP has really been raising his bar lately with the production and jokes and stuff. Way more advanced than a couple of years back.
And there I was shaking, shivering from head to toe...Being addicted to the Fuzzy isn't easy! The dice is thrown, you watch and hope for a favorable outcome, one never knows what you'll get. You wait breathlessly, then it happens the Fuzzy reveals itself. You watch as the vid plays and the shivering in your body slowly resides. You've had your "Fix' for the week, but you know it isn't enough! You know it just won't last! But you're okay for now. The Dice, yes the Dice, what will they show next time their thrown? How long until the body Shakes begin again? How long until the next episode? Can you wait, can you endure this last time seemed to take forever. But thats the addiction talking. No, the Fuzzy isn't an easy life but it's all you've got! One vid every other week isn't enough. We the victims of the Fuzzy...we endure, we wait, even pray! Do the Fuzzy Dice God care for us? We wonder sometimes, for all that'll get us. Still it's better than nothing! We've got our "Fix" for now. Maybe that's all we get. But maybe, just maybe someday we'll start getting a vid week. That'll be nice, if that day ever comes.
3:35 that is what I call good editing
i just binged watched this entire series!! faster damn it, FASTER!! So relaxing and enjoyable, keep up the awesome work!!
That brake line is sweet!! I've done more then a few lines with steel and like you said, hard to bend, hard to flare, a pain in the jammer!
Steel lines are of the devil and should be banned under punishment of prison time and a $10,000 fine.
You've become one of my favorite channels, great balance of education, fixing up old cars and bit of humor and story built in. You aren't making videos for videos sake, you're living your life and making videos as needed which makes it real and interesting. Love it. Would love to see more of the Z but given that it's your buddy's and not yours, I can't really complain.
Thank god it's midday here in Greece and I was awake so as to instantly watch the video
330am here. Got up to piss, check phone and well im watching this video now lol. Sleep can wait.
I could not start changing old parts without first cleaning out all the dirt and rust.
That would take you forever to do on an older car😂
@@lilscarred8516 i dont care
@@lilscarred8516 and I do not think it takes so long
@@MakarovFox It takes a VERY VERY long time I do it all the time.
@@steve5912 ok
I, too, totally like and enjoyed this series on the Firebird. I bought a new '89 Bright Red V6 manual Firebird and loved it for ten years, now wish I'd kept it longer. With hindsight, though, I wish I'd bought a Trans Am with leather, and kept it forever. I, too, binge watched. Great job!
I've been waiting for this ughhh, i enjoy these kind of videos especially ur channel. Ur voice is just so nice to listen that is almost like an asmr video that makes me relax idky skskkskss it's weird. Sending u all the love from the Philippines 😊💜💜
I have been following this series since 91 firebird episode 1, and Mike's Fuzzy Dice Projects has become my favorite automotive channel. The step by step video style and calm explanations make it feel almost like I'm right there with him working on the car. Thank you so much! Can't wait for the next one!
This is another of the Chris Fix family. Genius!
Your an amazing guy. I have not watch any other channel where the host talks non-stop for the entire segment. Chats are interesting, but you could let the wrenches do some of the talking. Sometimes a picture or a wrench doing its job is worth a thousand words. A thorough power washing of the car would certainly make it more attractive. Am surprised to still see cob webs and grass hanging off the chassis. Engine bay is could use a little sprucing up. I enjoy the vids, jokes and humourous captions. Thank you for taking the time to record, edit and post vids.
You weren't kidding about the similarities in our videos at the moment... It's like we're doing the same pain in the ass jobs, just on different cars and states away. LOL.
I've also never seen GM use a bubble flare. That's pretty crazy!
edit: Also... I may have missed it, but it's generally a good idea to apply some grease to the back of the pads to keep them nice and quiet (and keep them from sticking to the caliper piston). It will also make them a lot easier to remove next time.... Not sure you greased the spindle (or caliper... hard to tell which way they are and which side on this car)-to-pad interface either...?
I always used to grease the pads, but I've kind of been experimenting with not doing it and trying to tell if there is any difference. Haven't noticed anything yet, but it wouldn't hurt to do that of course.
And this was filmed in the beginning of November lol, I am a little behind on all of this editing. Do still need to replace the rear brake/fuel lines and hoping to do that soon-ish, though.
@@FuzzyDiceProjects At least in regard to the pad-to-caliper/spindle interface, you really do need to grease those to hopefully slow the wear of the sliding surfaces. My TJ (and all of the others of its lineage) are famous for wearing the spindles out from the pads rubbing them off. I'd bet if you look at your buddy's XJ (Shawn...? If he still owns it) their likely worn plumb out.. New ones are $350/ea. Hard to know F-bodies would have the same issue, but why chance it?
I hear ya man... It's not so much the filming and wrenching, but as I've learned, editing takes an eternity. Especially with the snazzy stuff you're doing these days. Your production quality just keeps getting better and better! Nice work!
I wanna add a tip
On the tubing cutters the groove on the rollers are for putting the flare when cutting a flare off after forgetting the nut. This is so a min amount of tubing is cut away before reflaring.
I'm binging all these episodes (yeah I watched all of them today) and learning a bunch. Sweet combination you being educational, approachable, self-deprecating with a bunch of humor. So good. I also just love old shit being fixed up in a time where so many things feel temporary and disposable. Thanks!
I like how you're the only youtuber to play the banjo bolt theme
When school gets out and you go from learning about math to learning about old car engines.
You have such an Aussie based humour. If you come to Australia you'll fit in perfectly with us smartarses down here.
I heard ColdWarMotors describe his efforts once as "another Gold Medal performance in the Waste of Time Olympics." Kinda where I thought you were going for a minute on the driver side brake line, but you showed restraint!
Love all the little jokes sprinkled in lol. Great work man I'm learning a lot
Funny and serious in one package 😂 love your vids man keep it up💪
I wish this series was up when I still had my ‘90 firebird😭
So much more relatable than those builds with parts costing thousands every episode.
Can't wait for episode 9, I'm loving the build and the car, can't wait to get some cheap budget car of my own and start a good rebuild project
Who else just watched this entire series on 1.5x speed it's the exact same you can understand every thing and in my opinion it's better 😂🤷♀️
I don’t understand most of this terminology but I enjoy watching the video
Watching that toast edit, I'm going to guess you have seen a few episodes of This Old Tony!
I'm a female and I don't work on cars or anything mechanical but I really do enjoy watching these series
God, watching these videos makes me miss my old 1985 305 TPI and my old 89' 350 TPI T/A. :(
The market on those is still pretty soft. Right now is a good time to get another one before they really begin appreciating.
@@TheBrokenLife agreed prices are still affordable for most, i have been looking on 3rd gen dot org classified from time to time but not too many close by.
@@raterNAZ I'm not sure where you are, but your local classifieds and word of mouth are probably a better option than message forums. I know of one near me for sale that is nice, but the owner is literally insane, and thinks it's an $8,000 car (that she bought for $3000 from her neighbor).
That's not the only reason she's insane either... Anyhow!
@@TheBrokenLife lol. Im in NYC prices seem kinda high around here, but i haven't really been looking that hard.
I want to stay below 4Gs, unless its a GTA :)
@@raterNAZ Use one of the national craigslist searching tools and look for cars from the south. NYC isn't unrealistically far from TN, KY, NC, etc, etc. You should be able to find something. Good luck!
Frankly, if the woman I was talking about wasn't completely insane, her car is close enough to you IMO. I'm about 7 hours away from you.
I owe you a six pack for the transmission rebuild guide. Just finished rebuilding it 2 days ago
Yes. I wait all week for these videos.
I love this series
You inspire me to want to work on cars
I hate removing brake lines. I had to take one off the rear wheel cylinder on my 88 Lincoln. It came off fine but getting it back on was the pain.
The Right Stuff still makes OE style, pre bent and guard sleeved steel brake lines for 3rd gen F bodies, including stainless steel upgrades. For about the same money, including rental of a bending and flaring tool kit, you can get yourself both left and right side brake lines. There is absolutely zero point in bending your own brake lines for these F body cars, and I trust OE production well over and above bending and flaring my own lines. It's a godsend that production brake lines are still available for cars this old, even most modern cars will have you bending and flaring your own brake lines, which is an easy invitation for leaks if the flaring's not done perfectly right.
It's entirely possible that he's not in on the trick of how to do it, but he explained in the video that replacing the line with a pre-formed one was impossible with the engine in the car. Do the replacements come in multiple pieces or something?
I had looked into those, but there is a fairly significant price difference between that and bending custom lines. I'm also sure it's possible, but it seems like it would be very difficult to install some of them like that passenger side front brake line without removing (or at least lifting) the engine. You'd end up bending them to make them fit anyway. Pre-made stainless brake lines are awesome though, and durable enough to survive pretty much anything and for pretty much forever, and it's great that the aftermarket has made that an option!
I just bought a 3rd gen camaro and these videos are really helping me with it thanks!
This series has me hooked as I'm looking into getting into project cars! Good stuff!!! Very informative and funny!
these videos are the best way to start a Saturday morning
The reason why you're not getting a lot of views on your videos is that it takes a lot of time for each video to be uploaded and then people just forget the series after they have seen the whole series, just don't take so long for each video you upload. But amazing content.
You probably already know that, but just to be sure.
It still amazes me that cars of this vintage didn’t have the front suspension coil spring installed over the strut, as newer MacPherson strut cars do.
Watching your films make me buing black 88 gta :) Now i have guide to work on mine firebird :)
rafal kowalski I have 88 GTA. 😁
Go for it I have a lot of fun every time...
You are Soo much better than PewDiePie
GM should bring back the crotch cooler
Strongly agree. Nut conditioning was the greatest thing ever!
Ooooh-ahhhhh yeaaaah! The crotch cooler vent is the most important vent in the whole A/C system!
Haha the “home run!” is hilarious
Yayyy I know what I'm watching right before I sleep / get out the shower.....
Fuzzy 🎲
I don't even own a car but I just bing watched it eating pop corns :) When's the next episode coming?
Dwight would be proud.
Strongly under appreciated comment!
The bigger compartment is always for the front brakes do to the fact they do most the braking. The small one goes to the back and that does less braking.
Videos are so relaxing.
How does this channel not have a million subs? Loving this series!👍
Love this series
very good transition on that toast 👍
I watched the S10 project a while ago and loved the episodes.. now I've been hooked into the Firebird project because it's one of my fav cars... Damn you Fuzzy, you're too good at this :P
Love these
Bravo! Another great, highly detailed video. I loved watching you work.
Great information, thank you for sharing.
Nice work
Your videos are so ducking good dude. 10/10
Where’d you learn your skill set? I wanna learn and build my own project car and I’m seeing and hearing parts I have never even heard of lol great job with the videos though nicely done 👏
i was not prepared for 3:34
This is some quality content man, love it that you know and I know brake lines will always and forever be dripping.
I love your videos man. Just got caught up last night then I wake up to this! So interesting, thanks!
Great video
Please upload the next episode of the firebird
How much cost/work would it be to make the car 100% rust free with rust protection?
For 100% it would require the entire car to be disassembled, down to pinch welds on body panels being separated and I don't even want to imagine that level of work. For 95%, large parts would have to come out and then the rusty areas ground down, primed, repainted, and undercoated. Still an incredible amount of work, I don't know how to estimate that. Months, most likely. What I will be doing is taking care of the currently problematic rust on structural parts, that is what is really a threat to the car. Things like the surface rust on the air cleaner housing isn't really a concern right now.
...just to toss it out there, on my '91 Mustang that had very light underbody rust just starting at the seams of the pinch welds and such, it took me about 2-3 weeks of free time to grind out all of the seams, rough the factory paint, clean it, prime it, and paint it. At that time, the exhaust and drive shaft were already out for other work, thus making it easier, and I still haven't gotten back to it to drop the gas tank and do from behind the rear axle to the rear bumper. Cost was about $300 by the time you add up all of the cleaners and rattle bombs and everything.
That was on a car that was driven in ONE winter (and I believe it), had 79,000 miles at 16 years old, and was always garaged.
So... I'm saying on an old car that was in really nice shape already, doing a small portion of that work, took about a month of free time if you factor in taking the stuff off and putting it back on.
Actual vehicle restoration isn't for the faint of heart or shallow of pockets. You're far ahead of the game to just buy a nicer car to begin with if having a restored jewel is your final goal.
@@FuzzyDiceProjects Yep, Everything would need to be blasted and at that point might as well restore it.
FINALLY I LOVE YOUR SERIES
I know nothing about cars, but i love your videos. You have a new subscriber.
That feeling when you say you bought it for nearly nothing in the first ep and when i wanna buy it they want over 8,000 USD =D
Cool build keep up the good work
You've mastered doing videos lol, great job man I really appreciate your efforts. The break line to butter was awesome lol!
Awesome vid bro, cant wait for next series.
Been waiting for yearss for this vidwoo
Really enjoy your videos with this car ❤️
Ooooo, shoulda made a new line for the drivers. Steel lines rust on the inside too so always best to replace when you have the chance.
Nice job though :)
There's stuff running around from the 50s with the original brake lines on it. The "rusting on the inside" is just marketing wank from places like Jiffy Lube trying to get you to buy a brake fluid flush (which is a good idea from time to time, but not for that reason).
@@TheBrokenLife I've had it on a few of my old cars and the fact that the fluid is hydroscopic and will absorb moisture over time It's a possibility.
Biggest reason really is steel rusts and Kunifer does not so I just prefer to have brake lines I never have to look at again :)
@@1959VWBeetle I've never seen a line rust from the inside out. I do have a large collection of SUPER rusty, on the outside, lines that I can cut open, examine, and post a video of if you'd like.
@@TheBrokenLife Well I did find this on a good few of my UK cars. Maybe the steel line used was of lesser quality, who knows but it was certainly the case.
Either way I think using kunifer is just the smart move for maintenance free driving. I hate having to do a job twice so if there's a true fit and forget option that don't break the bank then I'm all game :)
@@1959VWBeetle That's entirely possible. No telling what sort of steel your cars may have had vs. mine. My stuff all dies from the outside in, and lately, in spectacular fashion.
No argument at all about the kunifer/nicop line. It's absolutely the best material to use without a doubt. I also like to use stainless flare nuts to make sure I never have to worry about getting them released from their mating component. Good materials only seem expensive if you haven't spent hours cursing and bleeding trying to get bad ones apart later.
Yes, I love this series I need more it's so much fun to watch. Good job guys!
At laaaast! I love your videos man, underdog of automotive content on youtube!
There is a maxim in the cabling world: "It's easier to cut off 10 feet than try to add 1 inch"
Oh, I watched so long that im already at the end.
Why is the last video in the playlist private edit he fixed it
anyone else rewatching this?
i been waiting for this for so long
Home run!
Why go through all of that trouble on the brakes and not change the pads? Or inspect/grease bearings and change the grease seal on the rotors?
I was wondering the same thing. Cost?
Can't wait for the finish product. ☹️
Maybe the previous owner had a problem with brakes pulling to one side and they switched those linings to offset that?
Grasshopper you are so young. How do you know so much? Kidding aside, love your videos and the special effects. I own a 1983 trans am I be done all that and other things to my car. Great video.
Oh yes
AHHHHH NEW EPISODE EEEEEEE
Cool, but where is the link for NiCopp brake line with this coiled rock guard ?
Haha just yesterday rewatched your previous video and wondered when you would upload again :D
Could you possibly paint the air cleaner housing in black at some point