sammy Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 just fitted the wilwood calipers all fine ,but can i reuse the bradded hose and the old nipple again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete g Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 more infor required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammy Posted September 10, 2007 Author Share Posted September 10, 2007 not sure what info you might need powerlite calipers the old calipers were off a ford cort sorry not to sure about this my self Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisF Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 IIRC no I don't think you can re-use the hoses, the nipples are also definately a different thread. To be sure call Rally Design they will know and can make up replacement hoses at a reasonable cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stussysoil Posted September 10, 2007 Share Posted September 10, 2007 Sammy, Just finished this upgrade last week. The Cortina M16s (if that what you have) have an M10 thread and the Powerlites are a 1/8 NPT. My Powerlite kit came with a male/male adapter (1/8 NPT - M10) that screws into Powerlite then I replaced the male M10 connector on the original braided hose for a M10 female swivel concave seat (Rally Design catalogue number RD1511). I hadn't fitted one of these connectors before and found an explaination and piccies from Garry Bunn in Westfield World May/June 2005. Just bedded the new pads and new disks this weekend and I am very impressed. Cheers Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete g Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 hoses need to be changed as said above. rally design is the best place to get them . not hard to make your own from bits .cheap too. westfield normally metric thead .and wilwood 1/8npt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stussysoil Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Just remebered that when i spoke to Rally Design about sorting out the hoses they told me that if the male/male connector provided with the Powerlites was goldie coloured then it was a M10-1/8 NPT. If is silver then it was 1/8 NPT-something else. Just something to bear in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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