Sometimes, Older cars need help. My older car is a 1972 Volkswagen Beetle. I had to do a lot of work on it over the past two days, repairing the main brake line that runs from the master cylinder to the back wheels. I thought it would be easy, but no such luck. I had the parts alright, but no job is ever easy and everything takes longer than expected. So. to get the job done, I had to take out the driver's seat and the back bench seat, and unbolt the gas tank to get at the master cylinder. Okay. with everything exposed, I unhook the main line from the master cylinder at the front of the car, Jack it up, then crawl underneath to unhook the "T" that splits the line to the rear wheels. Well. Try to, anyway. The thing would not budge. No room to swing a wrench more than a single hex-side, and for that, it started slipping.
I ended up going to the volkswagen parts store, buying another fitting, and hacksawing the stuck part out. had to cut the main line, and the passenger side line, and I got lucky with the drivers side line, it broke free and I did not have to cut it. In went the new main line. teflon taping all connections, I put the new tee in, and put the new line over to the passenger side in place. Then I secured the main line though the passenger compartments, bent it around the pedal cluster, and out through the front firewall.
I made the last bend, to make the last connection to the master cylinder, and then Murphy comes by with sword and dagger just to make my life miserable. the last fitting wouldn't. it would not seat. (the threads would not screw in) I ended up getting out the spare master cylinder and fitting that in just to have a better set of threads. Didn't help. I ended up using a small length of line that would fit in the master cylinder to connect to the main line. so instead of turning straight in to the master cylinder, my brake line does a loop-de-loop before going in. Yikes. all that work for a simple job. made changing the oil and the fuel filters easy by comparison. I then had to bleed the brake lines, as they were full of air.
I found an old large syringe, and used a small length of tubing to fill the lines with brake fluid.
(open the bleeder valve, depress plunger, close valve, refill syringe. repeat till line is full)
it's all you can do when you're doing the job yourself. So. There you have it. a full two days work of chasing parts and hacking away at the only ride I have. and now? it stops. not perfectly, but it stops. which is all I wanted from it.

Now I am sore and still a little dirty from all the work. and now I go to my night job.
but at least I get to drive there.