Annual Help (alternator and brake line)

[jchronic]

Can't offer any advice on the alternator, but my plane had a leaky brake swivel fitting. Not sure they can be rebuilt (i.e. new 'O'rings); a very competent mechanic in my local shop tried to take it apart for a rebuild and destroyed it trying to disassemble the thing. Not his fault; I was watching him and couldn't see anything he could have done differently. Fortunately, I was able to find one on a junker in the area.

Are you sure the leak is internal to the fitting, or could it be where it attaches to the bulkhead? If so, that's an easy fix...happened to me on the other side shortly after replacing that fitting. The brake went flat on landing rollout - just an 'O' ring replacement.

Joe