Re: brake/hydraulic lines--plus bit on refrigerants

["Robert S. Wilkinson" <wilk@domain.elided>]

To adapt the cheap non-leaking late model Jag master cylinder to my 1971
Jag saloon (UKspeak for berlina) I had to make a line that was metric at
one end and English at the other.  Luckily, 3/16 inch diameter is both a
metric and an SAE standard size (bigger lines diverge in size--no metric
equivalent for 1/4 inch, for example).  Moreover, the first step in
double-flaring (using the standard SAE double flaring tool) produces a
suitable ISO/bubble flare.  So you don't need metric flaring tools for
3/16.  I read all this at a website (which I can't find now), and it worked
for me, but I may have just been lucky.  Regarding the propane/isobutane
refrigerants, they are legal as a substitute for R134A but not R12!  You
must toss in a can or R134A (thereby converting from 12 to 134A), pump it
back out, then convert to propane/isobutane.

Bob Wilkinson
Saint Louis
72 Spider



Eastwood sells flaring tools for both single/double and ISO - I've never had 
>any problem using either tool - I've made hydraulic lines for Spiders, GTVs, 
>and Alfettas.  If someone out there actually has aftermarket part numbers
for 
>the correct size metric tubing with the correct end fittings for any 
>hydraulic line on an Alfa I'd like to see them and have them on hand as a 
>reference...
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