Picked up a 2006 CRD to replace the '99 TJ that the SO lost to black ice in Jan., had it 2 months now.
She was out yesterday & the brakes started acting funny (loss or pressure/pedal heading to the floor) so it was towed home. After getting it on the roll back a leak in the hard line was found on the driver's side. After removing the battery box to get a better look I noticed the upper rad. hose had been rubbing the line where I located the pinhole leak that was causing the loss of brake fluid/pressure.
Sooo.... has anyone dealt with this before ?? It has a pinhole leak right in the bend where in routes under the upper radiator hose. Looks to me as if the radiator hose jacket has, over time, rubbed thru the line resulting in the leak. The affected hard line is the one that wraps around the front of the Jeep and feeds the passenger's side brake caliper. Just wondering if this is a common issue or if there was a way to fix it without trying to snake a new line thru there, as it appears I'd have to take apart most of everything bolted to the sides of the engine compartment...part# for the brake line is 52128934AD.
I tried a google search as well as a site search and didn't come up with anything. Thanks in advance.
ETA: Did find this after a bit more intensive search...
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=82846&hilit=replacing+front+brake+line. Drewd's problem sounds like EXACTLY what I'm looking at. any idea on the difficulty of replacing that brake line ??