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Brake line spanner sizes

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Hi - away at the moment but need to order some crowfoot spanners for delivery this weekend so I can replace brake pipes. Does anyone know what size the flare nuts are on the Excel brake lines? I’ve found a couple of sets but they don’t contain all metric mm sizes and it would be just my luck to order a set with the missing size being the needed !!

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My 87 model year are 11mm
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Thanks for the info!
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Hawaiis0 wrote: Thu Jul 31, 2025 20:09 My 87 model year are 11mm
and 14mm for the connection to the brakehoses

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The pipe nuts on my car are 13mm.
Seconding Stu's comment that the male threaded part is 11mm.
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Hawaiis0 wrote: Thu Jul 31, 2025 20:09 My 87 model year are 11mm
Sorry for not being fully descriptive
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Thanks all - it looks like the set I ordered will cover all these.
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MetBlue wrote: Fri Aug 01, 2025 15:22 The pipe nuts on my car are 13mm.
Seconding Stu's comment that the male threaded part is 11mm.
indeed, my bad. Male (master cylinder etc) is 11, females's 13mm

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