88 New Yorker - Brake hoses not available ?

88 Chrysler New Yorker 3.0 with factory Bosch ABS 4 wheel disk brakes.
Daughter came home from mall and said brake light was on.

Looked under car and metal brake line rotted thru just in front of left rear tire. The
hose it connects to looks marginal so decided we should replace it all from master
cylinder back to caliper.

Problem is this hose seems to be close to impossible to procure. This is the hose that
threads thru the arm that holds the rear suspension in place. My neighbor who owns a local
garage claims Chrysler stopped using these style hoses around 1998 and it might take 2
weeks to find a source for them..

Anyone else run into this with brake parts. I know 1988 was back awhile but it seems
surprising if they were using them in 1998 that they have purged most of this stock.

Steve

 

Horseshit.

NAPA-United UBP38646 , 9-3/8" long, about $20.

 

IIRC Certified and Wagner still have them available - same hose as the
non ABS car. (are you sure you have rear discs?).
My 88 New Yorker Landau just lost the brakes a couple weeks back.
About 3 inches of line was bad, the rest was like new,so I cut the
line, installed a new line nut, double flared it and installed a union
and a made-up 4" line.

 

Yes.. just replaced one rotor in the rear. Thanks for the info.

Steve

 

The car is repaired with new brake hose. The reason for the parts procurement delay was
because he prefers to use brake parts from Chrysler rather than aftermarket.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions.

Steve