I often make up new hard lines for my cars, and use a British made tool
(MOPROD), I think. Trick is to carefully prepare the tube end by radiusing
the inner and outer edge before starting to do the flaring. I have about
95% success after doing one end to remember how to do it, and 100% success
once their on the car. I use coated bundy line from the auto parts store,
and wouldn't use stainless tubing unless it was specifically made for
brakelines. I have one car that has the plated copper lines from England,
and it seems fine, too.
t 02:27 PM 3/14/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I have not done this, but the tools can be found from the Eastwood company and
>are not very expensive. There was a good article on forming brake lines in a
>recent edition of "Classic Auto Restorer" magazine. This, incidently is a
>rather nice little mag. Other than a satisfied subscriber I have no financial
>interest in it. If you are interested, I can get you their address, and
perhaps
>you could order the relevant issue.
>
>I suspect that at some point a lot of us with old cars will need to be able to
>do this.
>
>Tom Wannenburg
>74 MG Midget
>
>Thomas Wannenburg MD.
>Cardiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine
>Wake Forest Univ
>Medical Center Blvd
>Winston - Salem, NC 27157
>Tel (910) 716 9664
>Fax (910) 716 9188
>twannen@bgsm.edu
>
>
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