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Re: [TR] brake pipe fittings

To: John Macartney <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [TR] brake pipe fittings
From: bill beecher <notakitcar@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2020 15:04:30 -0500
Cc: davgil@aol.com, triumphs@autox.team.net
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New wine, old wine skins, bad idea....John is 100%, get the set, you will ha=
ve all the fittings new and the pipes will be all precut to the correct leng=
th(they were for my TR3).  =20

Bonus: Project time will be cut in half, equals more driving time!

Bill B


On Sep 26, 2020, at 1:30 PM, John Macartney <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk> w=
rote:

=EF=BB=BFCan=E2=80=99t see the point of farting around using a mix of old an=
d new pipe, especially where brakes are concerned. Fit new throughout.

Jonmac

Bessie Braddock: =E2=80=9CWinston! You=E2=80=99re drunk=E2=80=9D.
Churchill: =E2=80=9Cand you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be sober=
 but you will still be ugly=E2=80=9D.

On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:01, davgil@aol.com wrote:

> Good morning,
> I am going to replace the brake hose and pipes on my 1976 TR6.  I have loo=
ked at the Moss complete hose and pipe sets but have also considered buying b=
ulk copper/nickel pipe and making my own pipes.  While I have never done thi=
s, a good friend of mine has extensive experience in this area and I feel he=
 could cut the fittings off of my old pipes and install them on the new line=
s and bend the pipe as needed.  Is there a good reason not to go the bulk pi=
pe route instead of buying a complete set of pipes?  I'm probably going to p=
urchase a braided ss hose set to use with the new pipes.
> David Gill
> 1976 TR6=20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">New wine, old wine skins, b=
ad idea....John is 100%, get the set, you will have all the fittings new and=
 the pipes will be all precut to the correct length(they were for my TR3). &=
nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bonus: Project t=
ime will be cut in half, equals more driving time!</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br=
></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Bill B</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"l=
tr"><br>On Sep 26, 2020, at 1:30 PM, John Macartney &lt;John.Macartney@ukpip=
s.org.uk&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<meta http-equiv=3D=
"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Can=E2=80=99t see the p=
oint of farting around using a mix of old and new pipe, especially where bra=
kes are concerned. Fit new throughout.<div><br></div><div>Jonmac<br><br><div=
 dir=3D"ltr">Bessie Braddock: =E2=80=9CWinston! You=E2=80=99re drunk=E2=80=9D=
.<div>Churchill: =E2=80=9Cand you, Madam, are ugly. But tomorrow, I shall be=
 sober but you will still be ugly=E2=80=9D.</div></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>=
On 24 Sep 2020, at 13:01, <a href=3D"mailto:davgil@aol.com";>davgil@aol.com</=
a> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr">
<div style=3D"color:black;font: 10pt arial;">Good morning,
<div>I am going to replace the brake hose and pipes on my 1976 TR6.&nbsp; I h=
ave looked at the Moss complete hose and pipe sets but have also considered b=
uying bulk copper/nickel pipe and making my own pipes.&nbsp; While I have ne=
ver done this, a good friend of mine has extensive experience in this area a=
nd I feel he could cut the fittings off of my old pipes and install them on t=
he new lines and bend the pipe as needed.&nbsp; Is there a good reason not t=
o go the bulk pipe route instead of buying a complete set of pipes?&nbsp; I'=
m probably going to purchase a braided ss hose set to use with the new pipes=
.</div>

<div>David Gill</div>

<div>1976 TR6&nbsp;</div>
</div>
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