At 09:26 AM 09/03/2003, you wrote:

> > I had "repaired" one of my metal pipes this way.  One of the ends was
> > rusted through at the firewall where the the SS clamp was holding it in
> > place.  I used 1-1/4" copper to replace the sawed off end and clamped over
> > and extra piece of hose.  The copper just fit over the stock pipe and made
> > a fairly rigid joint.  Worked OK for about a half a year.

DO NOT use copper. It adds a whole new electrolytic potential that will not
only result in short life of the copper, but allow corrosion to set in
throughout
the system.