

| Subject: | Re: Steel brake lines, or "I'm coming to get you, Frank" |
| From: | Tony Thompson |
| Date: | Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:21:33 -0400 |
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:36:04 -0400, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote: >Well Volks, in typical airhead fashion I've been totally ignoring (because >it terrifies me, no doubt) my own little problem which is that I've sprung >a leak in the line going aft on the right side. I need it fixed pronto >and I could use any and all advice, particularly gotchas lurking if I do it >myself versus different gotchas from a shop or from <gasp> the dealer. I >presume that it would be richly foolish to simply patch up the offender and >not replace the rest; is that too cautious? And to the nearest thousand or >two, what might I be looking at? > >-- >David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ >'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation" Hi David, I had the same problem a few years ago.The dealer brake lines were very expensive but a careful machanic removed all the brake lines and got new ones made at a local hydraulics shop for a fraction of new. I think the cost was under 1000Can for all the brake lines including labor and I have had no similar problems for 5 years now. Tony
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