legacycentral bbs

first time here and i am thrilled to see the enthusiasim for subaru's.
i have been driving them since 1981 and my daughter just bought her first car and it ain't a kia !
Now my problem .... 92 legacy wagon , driven hard and worked for it's keep. hard brake lines to rear passenger side has sprung a leak just over the fuel tank. i plan to re-plumb both rear lines from the connection just forward of the rear wheel , BUT it is impossible to follow the old routes. Any input on me just securing the lines underneath in any practical way, good idea / bad idea ? anyone done it ?
i'm guessing that screwing clips into the fuel tank is NOT a good idea

car has over 250,000 k on it and has literally been driven on ATV trails a couple of times , biggest repair to date , new alternator

thanks in advance for any advice.

Welcome to the board.

Personally....I wouldn't recommend putting the lines on the outside. There's just no real good place to run them so they don't get snagged.

Why not get another hardline from a junkyard, or dealer, and swap it out for the one that's leaking. It may not be fun, but that'd probably be the best route. Maybe someone else has a better idea.

while i agree that my plan is not the best option, i sure as hell ain't about to drop fuel tanks and all the other stuff that would be involved in getting from one side of the car right across.
i can see no feasible option as the pipe goes over the fuel tank and through the chassis, no way i can get about 50 inches of straight pipe to contort itself across, over, under etc.
i fiqure any repair i do will likely outlast the car now anyway.
taking it to a shop would cost me $15 for the pipe and hundreds for the labour.
or i could just drive slow all the time !

brake lines are always a bitch even more so for us canadians .. (i had to replace rear lines on my old mazda 323 and my mitsu mirage) well if u are feeling frisky u could drop the drive shaft and the tank and run the line properly in its original route ..