

| Subject: | Re: Part locater |
| From: | Allan Streib |
| Date: | Tue, 3 Feb 2009 09:53:02 -0500 |
Has anyone tried the copper/nickel alloy brake line? http://www.fedhillusa.com/ Allan -- 1991 Vanagon GL On Tue, 3 Feb 2009 08:13:01 -0500, "Ken Wilford" <kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> said: > Andrew, I have the bubble flare tool and I bought bulk metal line from > VW and then made up my own lines for the last Vanagon I replaced all of > the brake lines on. This time I went to my local NAPA. I had all of > the lengths measured out and I bought metal line from them that was > already made up with ends on it and some couplers where the lines had to > be longer than their longest one. It was really cheap and now I have > machine made ends which look nicer than what I could make myself with my > tool. Plus using the tool is super time consuming if you want to do a > good job. I would recommend going this way. None of the vendors sell > the long metal brake lines probably because they are too big of a pain > to make and then a big pain to ship. Then there are some length > differences between 2wd and Syncro. Do you see why this would not be > worth it to a vendor to make up lines when you can go to NAPA and buy > all the line you need for $30? How could we hope to compete with that? > There may be someone out there that makes generic stainless line as > well. Stainless is a pain to bend though. > > Hope this helps, > Ken Wilford > John 3:16 > www.vanagain.com >
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