Around here - I usually just buy a 25 foot roll of coated line and a
hand full of fittings.  Most vans that are native to Southern Ontario
all need brake lines.  Rather than just do one and chance it - I
replace them ALL.  One by one including flexes.  Just about any
vehicle more than 15 years I've owned, I've done the brake lines.

For brake fluid I always use DOT4 of a known quality brand.  Higher
temp rating than DOT3, and flush it every 2 years.

Jason

On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
> All I do is take the lines off and go to the flaps with them ..
> in most cases ..to me .
> it is Work on the Van first ..
> then go get the right parts,
> not the other way around as I so commonly see .
>
> and of course it makes sense to have �a clutch or brake parts in hand
> first..
> but 'usually' ...it's find out what is there and going on first..
> THEN go after the right parts for the particular situation.
>
> and sometimes .it's not even a part..
> it's just cleaning and adjusting and tweaking ....very often actually.
>
> And just imagine all the parts in people's garages and storage areas they
> got to put on their van 'someday.'
> and never gotrountoit.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david hardy" <david@PLANETMIND.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: brake lines and hoses?
>
>
>> Found this useful info one time:
>>
>> http://www.vanagonwiki.net/wiki/Brake_lines_replacement
>>
>> david
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf =
>> Of Mike B
>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2012 2:19 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Subject: brake lines and hoses?
>>
>> �I checked the beach I checked the van to get laid and thebomb.com I =
>> can't find any procedure for brake line replacement I need to know how =
>> long each line is so I can buy enough brake line oil to replace all my =
>> line on my 1987 westy if any of this sounds funny it's because I'm using =
>> my voice on my verizon Wireless not sosmartphone
>>
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