Max,
To be fair, Marc was asking about his clutch piping. As for brake
plumbing, I think the 3 flexible rubber hoses would be much weaker links
in the chain than any solid coupling you might have to put in (for what
ever reason) a brake line. I count 16 separate joints on my '78's
braking system, including the solid female-female coupler in the tubing
leading to the rear of the car. Also, I noticed Victoria British sells
some female-female and male-female adaptors on the same page with steel
tubing for replacing the stock aluminum tubing.
Donny V
78 MGB
>>> Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com> 6/21/2004 12:28:12 PM >>>
Hmm, I don't think you are supposed to have any junctions or couplings
in
brake lines, as a safety consideration.
on 6/21/04 7:18 AM, Don Vierling at Don.Vierling@stago-us.com wrote:
> Marc,
> Seems to me you should be able to get straight fittings for splicing
> that size tubing. Did you try your autoparts store? Try taking a
> sample to your local plumbing and/or hardware store. (Brake tubing
> looks similar to LP gas line to me, but I don't know how that works
with
> hydraulic fluid...please get an expert opinion.) Don't worry,
someone
> on the list probably has a better answer for you.
>
> Donny V
> 78 MGB
>
>>>> "Marc Siegel" smarc@abs.net> 6/21/2004 9:29:03 AM >>
>
> I haven't pulled the old piping out yet, as I didn't want to destroy
it
> just
> yet. I decided to replace it as the threaded end was mangled while
> replacing
> the flex hose, and I snapped the end off (whoops!). Can those lines
be
> spliced in any way?
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
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