Just heat the line upstream of the hole, and bend it over and hammer it
flat, so it's closed off.
Then proceed on 3 brakes.
Or...........the line  has to go to a T junction or some fitting.  .  Find
that, perhaps two feet or so from the left front area where it joins onto
the hose, remove it, take it to a flaps and match it up, replace and bleed.

'medium hard' , that's how hard it is to do - lol !  Since it sounds like it
failed from rust, the ends might be very, very rusted and you should start
spraying those with PB Blaster penetrating oil right now.  And do it like
every few hours until you start to work on it. 

You absolutely need a tubing nut wrench.  11 mm I think.  
Scott
www.turbovans.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
robert feller
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 5:30 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: lost brake line...

Nice, I own three cars and all three had something happen to them this week.
Relying on the syncro to get me around and to work...but tonight the pedal
went to the floor.

Looks like a Ohio rust and a break line went in the front left wheel well.
Corrosion beyond belief.

Although it's current location makes it almost impossible to work on I'm a
strong DIYer. How rough is repair of the front brake line going to be and
what does the procedure entail? The Bentley is not currently where I am at
to review.

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Shawn Feller
Ohio
www.carboncow.com