Yep. No rust on those lines, just dirt. I had the small hole patched
up at my friendly local welding shop for $30.

I'm reinstalling it tonight and will post pictures on the samba
thread. I expect to get some heat though as I'm short on time so I'll
wait until next weekend to re route the ebrake cable.

Lee

On Thursday, June 9, 2011, Zeitgeist <gruengeist@gmail.com> wrote:
> The van in question is right here in Olympia, and the simple fact is, vans
> and their undercarriage peripherals just don't rust here in the PNW like
> they do back east and up north. �This has to be an abrasive wear-through,
> versus a standard rust-through.
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 6:31 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Frank, I do think so. The picture is quite clear, and so is the
>> owner's description, the pipe was worn away. Of course a rubber
>> covered cable can wear away a steel line. Think about it, road grit as
>> the abrasive between the 2 rubbing surfaces.
>>
>> Did you think about that?
>>
>> alistair
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8-Jun-11, at 2:30 AM, Frank Condelli wrote:
>>
>> � � � �Well, there's a novel idea ! �A plastic covered cable wearing
>>> through a metal line ! �I don't think so. �Those metal power
>>> steering lines are just simply rusting away ! �Replace them with my
>>> hoses > www.frankcondelli.com/hose.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2011-06-07, at 4:42 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>>
>>> �IrideWheelies posted some interesting pics on the Samba showing how
>>>> his E brake had rubbed the high pressure PS line enough to cause a
>>>> leak.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=467515
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
> --
> Casey
>