[V8] ...warning....

[Roger Woodbury]

Here in Maine is is now very different than in the olden days.

We have an annual inspection and in order for the car to pass it cannot be
leaking anything from anywhere, no rust through on the body, and everything
that is supposed to be working when the car left the factory, must be
working at time of inspection:  ie:  no lights on the dash.

However in the past year there is now a new requirement for intact and non
corroded brake lines.  What this means is that the car is put on a lift and
the brake lines are ALL inspected, and if anything is suspect the car fails
and the brake lines must be replaced.

There is amply good reason for this because for the past few years the Maine
DOT has been sanding and salting roads in the winter here using some sort of
obnoxious stuff that melts the ice and snow all right, and also destroys the
underpinnings of cars, beginning with but not limited to, brakelines.

I have heard that they are changing the formula for this stuff because so
many people have complained...complete brake line replacement every two
years is simply not affordable for an awful lot of people here, me included.

There is also a new brake line material that is being used that is not made
of steel as the old ones were. This new tubing is very bendable by hand and
will not rust out EVER.  More expensive than the old fashioned steel but
infinitely better.

Roger