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Kevin,

I had some brake fluid leaks as well when putting together 2136.

Similar to what Patrick describes, I used strips of folded paper towels wrapped around the canisters & hard lines at strategic palaces and secured them with blue painter's tape, to find the source of the leaks.

One leak was from the one of Kirkham cans that was not sealed properly. Sent them back and they are all re-checked & sealed and returned, great customer service.

The second leak turned out to be a pin hole leak in the hard line where there is sleeve that is soldered / brazed onto the hard line to build up the tubing diameter, where the rubber hose slides over hard line.

I too tried to tighten the hose clamp and it still leaked. It took a while, but after wiping the area dry and then pumping the brakes, I finally saw a small droplet of brake fluid coming out of the soldered / brazed area. I removed this section of hard line and tested it under water with compressed air, and sure enough there were air bubbles. I sent the hard line back to ERA and it was quickly repaired, again great customer service.

One thing that made reassembly easier was using a bit of PBR-RG17 Rubber Grease on the hard lines to make sliding the rubber hoses on a lot easier. The grease is compatible with brake systems.

Hope this helps.