[6pack] 1) Leaking Brake MC 2) Brake pipe replacement.

[Navarrette, Vance]

	Bruce:

	I used a set of the cupro-nickel pipes, and they are very easy to work with.
They don't rust and are a good tradeoff between cost and durability.
	You do not need a tool to bend the pipes. Just bend them by hand. You get
nicely radiused corners with no kinks. I tried using the pipe bending tool,
and the results were not as nice as simply bending them by hand. I used the
original pipe clips with good results.
	One fitting was incorrectly sized on the new pipes, so I cut it off and
replaced it with the fitting from the original pipes. Also one pipe was a
touch on the long side, but some creative routing used the excess length and
made for a neat looking installation.

	Vance

    Vance Navarrette
    Cogito Ergo Zoom
    I think, therefore I go fast

-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:6pack-bounces at autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of Bruce Simms
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:42 PM
To: 6pack at autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] 1) Leaking Brake MC 2) Brake pipe replacement.

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I have
a set of cuppro-nickel TR6 brake pipes all nicely rolled up in a bag from a
Scottish ebayer.   they need to be bent, which I've never done, although I
have a pipe bending tool. that's supposed to be for these tasks. Taking the
old ones off and installing the new ones while on my back under a greasy oily
dirty car might not be a really pleasant job.   Maybe I should have bought
the
pre-bent stainless pipes to make my life a little easier.   I installed ss
brake hoses a few years ago, so I've a little expereince here.

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Thanks
a bunch for any advice or suggestions.

Bruce Simms
73 TR6