On Wed, 25 Jan 1995, Sharon Oblinger wrote:
> Question: does anyone have an opinion about copper brake piping?
> Pro or con? For or against? Been thinking about ordering
> a piping kit from the UK for the Vitesse and wondering if
> just making do with do-it-yourself steel piping would
> be just as good and worth it.
> -- TIA...
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> Sharon Oblinger
> c340808@is6.mdc.com
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It's been discussed here before, and I know that several SOLers have
argued both sides. My own experience was very good with an AUTOMEC(?) kit
I purchased for my Mayflower. I received the kit with a "disclaimer"
stating that the company couldn't absolutely swear that the kit would be
correct as they had no pattern for LHD Mayflowers. Fortunately, LHD
Mayflower brake pipes are a "mirror" image of those for RHD. Everything
fit perfectly, all fittings were correct, NOTHING needed modification or
kludging or excessive sworking.
The only problem I had at all during installation was rounding up a few
sundry pieces to restore the rest of the braking system to original
configuration (as opposed to PO "improvements"). It's been fine now for
over 7 years.
Disclaimer: I'm no metallurgist or engineer, so YMMV; void where
prohibited, I've never met OJ Simpson, etc., etc.
Andy Mace
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