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Re: [Healeys] Brake Line Clips

To: "rrengineer.mike@att.net" <rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake Line Clips
From: Stephen Hutchings <s.hutchings@rogers.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2020 19:47:48 -0400
Cc: Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
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You might enquire with some other suppliers- I know I found the after =
market clips really stiff, brittle and hard to work with.
I ended up urethras-using the originals, after cleaning them up and =
painting them.

Stephen, BJ8

> On Jun 24, 2020, at 7:24 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> =
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> My BN2 project is slowly progressing, even in this Siuthern California =
heat.  90+ most days.  The garage is a hot box during the day, so I work =
mostly on the car after the sun goes down.  Last night I was instally my =
present brake lines i purchased years ago from the late Doug =
Finespanner.  His pre-bending was quite good and it was easy to figure =
out which line went where.  Then I came to installing the hairpin clips =
to locate the lines.  I have not been able to put one clip in.  Is there =
some technique to istalling these clips? I tried pinching the top tines =
with the brake line in the rounded seat and the pushing it in the hole.  =
I could not get it to go.  Anyone tell me exactly what the clip is =
supposed to look like, thickness of the clip, etc.  I have the clips =
supplied by Moss that double for the fuel lines.
> Mike MacLean
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might enquire with some other suppliers- I know I found the after market =
clips really stiff, brittle and hard to work with.<div class=3D"">I =
ended up urethras-using the originals, after cleaning them up and =
painting them.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div =
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class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D"">My BN2 project is =
slowly progressing, even in this Siuthern California heat.&nbsp; 90+ =
most days.&nbsp; The garage is a hot box during the day, so I work =
mostly on the car after the sun goes down.&nbsp; Last night I was =
instally my present brake lines i purchased years ago from the late Doug =
Finespanner.&nbsp; His pre-bending was quite good and it was easy to =
figure out which line went where.&nbsp; Then I came to installing the =
hairpin clips to locate the lines.&nbsp; I have not been able to put one =
clip in.&nbsp; Is there some technique to istalling these clips? I tried =
pinching the top tines with the brake line in the rounded seat and the =
pushing it in the hole.&nbsp; I could not get it to go.&nbsp; Anyone =
tell me exactly what the clip is supposed to look like, thickness of the =
clip, etc.&nbsp; I have the clips supplied by Moss that double for the =
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