<VV> Brake line

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Thu Nov 10 23:48:04 EST 2016


BTW, in the previous response, I attached a picture (will come through 
soon).

The straight piece of line in the picture is one of those vinyl coated 
FLAPS lines that had only been on my daily driver 6-7 years!

Salt and steel bad news.

Here is another picture of that line. Pretty ugly.

Frank DuVal


On 11/10/2016 1:46 PM, Harry Yarnell (Verizon) via VirtualVairs wrote:
> Is this stuff magnetic?
> I bought a coil of brake line not long ago that is colored green (cypress
> green).
> It feels (bends) like steel and is magnetic. Same stuff?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: VirtualVairs [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of
> Bryan Blackwell via VirtualVairs
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 10:30 AM
> To: VirtualVairs E-Mail List
> Subject: <VV> Brake line
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Most of us have had to replace brake lines, but it's not something you
> really have to do very often.  If you make your own lines and haven't heard
> of Copper/Nickel tubing, you owe it to yourself to check it out.  Won't
> rust, easier to flare, and resists kinking.  Frank Duval told me about it
> and we did the line over the tank when replacing the tank on the wagon a
> couple years ago, it is soooo nice to work with.  It goes by a couple of
> trade names, you can find it locally or order it online.
>
> https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B015YGQYW2/
>
> --Bryan

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