Brake Line Clamps

This week I worked on cleaning up a bag labeled "brake line clamps." The bag had several "clips" that were obviously used for securing metal brake lines to the interior body, and a grab bag of bolts, nuts, screws and washers. All were very cruddy as evidenced by the photo below.

The clips off the rag are cleaned up, and the two on the rag are still covered in gunk, rust, etc. I used the wire brush and a pair of Vise Grips to scrub and hold each part respectively. This took a couple of evenings to finish.

After cleaning everything, I sprayed the clips with some white Rustoleum primer to keep them protected until I need to install them, which may be a couple of years at the soonest. I will likely paint them black to match a lot of the other black metal hardware pieces of the bugeye. This should contrast nicely with the color of the car.


Here are the clips all nice and clean, and covered with a coat or two of primer. The cleaned nuts, bolts, washers, and screws are also shown.

These parts are now re-bagged and labeled, and stuffed in a small-parts box (a shoe box) that will keep them clean and protected. I still need to add these to my spreadsheet, and figure out part numbers to cross-reference them with. I'm pretty positive that I am missing a couple of bits and some may ultimately need replacing.