Re: stainless steel brake lines, recommendations?

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> << I'm looking ahead (but not forward...) to the day I need to start
> replacing the hard brake lines, and hoping I can do it with stainless steel
> tubing...  >>
>         We've got that day coming as well. This 4KQ has seen northern New
> York winters, so lots of stuff needs to be replaced. We plan to pull the
> necessary parts off a later model parts car, clean them well, and make the
> changes. I hope that the first change will be the front struts, though. The
> brake lines didn't look so bad compared to those. The fuel lines were the
> worst for some reason.

yeah, the fuel lines rust out under those rubber and stainless clips
that hold them in.  the brake lines just develop a moldy looking white
crust... and the plastic holders get brittle.  But Audi still sells new
ones... for now, but what about in twenty years?

I'd been meaning to write about my fears regarding driving this car for
the rest of my life for a while, I guess I just started... premature
mortality may be the only solution.

-- 
Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 85 Coupe GT
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