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Subject:Re: Brake lines, where to get the job done?
From:Mike S
Date:Sun, 25 Sep 2011 16:26:32 -0400

At 12:23 PM 9/25/2011, Shawn Luft wrote...
>I need to get the metal brake lines replaced on my van.  As much as I
>would like to do the job myself, I do not currently have the time.Can
>someone please tell me if this job could be done by any good local
>garage or should it be done by someone familiar Vanagons?

Any garage with Euro car experience should do fine. The brake lines use
ISO (bubble) flares, which aren't found on US/Japanese cars. If you're
paying to have them done, you might as well do it right, and get
cupro-nickle lines (Nicopp and Cunifer are the major brands), which
should last forever (as opposed to galvanized steel). The stuff is
great to work with, much easier to form than steel.

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