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From: Jim House <jhouse@ccsolution.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, February 17, 2000 5:52 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] Break cylinder question
>However they attach to the break line into a small
>1/2 by 1 inch steel box like piece. Is this the correct way the rear lines
>should be connected?
That fitting, usually brass, but may have been steel during the war years,
sometimes called a 'banjo fitting' was standard.
>from the T in the back one of the medal lines has a kink in it. Should
this
>be replaced now. Or can I wait till summer. All this might me put off a
>few weeks if the big snow storm hits the weekend!
Lots of bad things can come from a kinked brake line. Get your self a
double flairing kit and a tubing bender and make up a new line. You can use
these tools to replace other brakelines as well as fuel lines.
Whitney Haist
CA
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