All;
-Don't know if they do "one-off" stuff. Try PULLBRITE over in Fremont,
(510) 659-9770. They used to do all the trick, welded & bent &
clean-room stainless tubing parts and gas manifolds when I worked for
LAM RESEARCH.
-Ask for Byron or Jim. Tell them I sent you...they're both car nuts too.
Phil
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Subject: Re: Brake lines
Author: Roland Dudley <cobra@cdc.hp.com> at ~INTERNET
Date: 7/18/96 8:53 AM
> I have decided that it would be a good idea to replace my brake lines after
reading
> all the comments about running with 30 year old lines. When I look at the
parts
> supply catalogs, all that is listed is length, not location used. Does anyone
have
> the actual lengths required? The list of lines that I found include:
>
> | Dave Wedeking | |
>
When I was redoing the brakes on my Cobra, I was surprised to discover
that all of the line sizes (diameters) and fittings were identical to
the generic lines and fittings available at most any auto parts store.
I just bought whatever lengths I needed, cut, bent and re-flared
them to match the old lines. The small lines were pretty easy to bend
even without tube bending tools. I did have to buy a dies to do
double flares though. The store bought lines came with bubble (ISO)
flares on both ends, but I only needed them on one end so I didn't
have to make any of those flares. In short, perhaps you can make up
these lines yourself.
The reason I was surprised is that my lines were factory installed
in 1963 and many Brit cars of this period didn't have these standard
lines and fittings, or so I'm told.
I am considering redoing mine in stainless steel in the future. If I do
I think I would most likely take all my old lines to a place and have
them copied since SS pretty tough stuff to work with.
Roland
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