You'll most likely need proper bending tools to bend steel line. Steel
lines also corrode, even if galvanised/whatever especially if they salt the
roads in the winter and you drive your car on those salted roads.
Copper is supposed to work harden and brake though so far this hasn't been
my experience though the shorter and more prone to vibration lines have
been replaced by Copper/Nickel (CuNi) lines which can be bent by hand.
I like to use brass fittings on my brake lines as well.
Weslake-Monza 1330
In a message dated 05/09/2011 06:00:42 GMT Daylight Time,
oldsaabguy at comcast.net writes:
Use metal fuel line where you can, it won't break down. Copper may be ok
but
steel line is cheaper and works fine, any good parts place will have it in
straight pieces, although you may have to put two together to get the full
length. alternately, purchase some CuNi or steel brake line of the right
diameter and use it.
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