If you have the old tubes off, any hydraulic hose shop should be able to
either braze your old fittings to the new tubing, or be able to come up with
something.Those guys generally are pretty creative for they are fixing
problems on a large variety of heavy equipment, some very old..........

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
1974 412 "Goldmember"
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Zeno" <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Syncro] Rusty power steering lines

> THe best solution I've come up with is making up your own
> out of 1/2" and 3/8" brake tubing.  This requires cutting
> off the existing tubing ends and welding them on to the
> new tubing.   Bending 1/2" tubing, like the factory, is a tough
> job,  THe welding has to be done very precisely also, so
> this fix is not for the shade tree mechanic.
>                                Eric
>
> Westyman wrote:
>
> > I need a set of power steering pipes for a customer's van that I am
working
> > on, they are very rusty and I don't trust them. Is there any other good
> > solution other than Frank Condelli's kit? Thanks.
> >
> > Karl
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