So I'm getting my '85 T/A ready for the road, and I have to replace my rear driver's side brake line (the PO used a compression fitting and copper line as a patch ). I bought a coil of brake line and I bent it into place, now I'm getting ready to flare the line and replace the old one.

Any tips specific to these cars that will help me? This is my first time replacing a brake line on any car.

I've been practising my double flares with a tool my buddy lent me and I feel pretty confident with that.

Does anyone know off hand what fittings I'll need before I take the old ones out? I'd like to use new ones since they're bronze.

Also, the brake light on my dash is stuck on, so I'm hoping after this and a good brake bleed it will shut off.

 

These cars use metric bubble flare and metric fitting after 83 or so, so you need a different flare tool
The small flare fittings are VERY similar to standard 1/8-27 thread that you would find at most part stores, but they are not correct and will cause problems.

 

The brake light can be the parking brake lever/switch or the priportioning valve internal switch. The prop valve switch will only reset once the brakes have built enough pressure to reset it. Bleeding wont do it.

 

If the line is copper/golden in color it may be copper/nickel alloy, sometimes referred to as "cunifer". Advantage is it never corrodes any is very easy to bend and flare. Most of the parts stores sell it. It is used mostly on high end cars in Europe due to additional cost.

I am redoing the front lines on my 82 today and am using this stuff.