RE: brake lines

[Richard Brake <richard.brake@domain.elided>]

On behalf of any British members, may I say "its just the way our cars
were made". Be gratefull there's not much that use's BSW (British
Standard Whitworth) on the Stag. 

I've carefully avoided keeping Metric tools in the garage! It stops me
getting confused.

The best bet is to stock-pile up a quantity of the end's, personally I
use Male and Female Brass Unions (buy in quantitys of 100 and the price
comes down) and copper pipe although some people prefer "Kunifer". Then
the braking system does'nt age so quickly. Having seen steel ends and
pipes going rusty a year after fitting I decided there was better ways
to waste my money than using steel brake pipe bits.

A good UK Supplier is "Namrick" (01273 726708) they also ship stainless
steel nuts & bolts in Imperial and Whitworth! 
They're flaring tool is £70  and that does 3/16th"  and ¼". Copper pipe
is £10 for 3/16th2 25' (8.3 metres for those who've gone metric).

They also supply Silicon brake fluid £19 for a litre (1-3/4 pints). Most
people have already seen the various discussions regarding that. If not
I'll forward a summary.

For any one with a really sick mind I believe that Morris Minors used an
1/8th" Union (Ugh!).

Richard  Brake
richard.brake@domain.elided

	-----Original Message-----
	From:	Kevin Harrop [SMTP:kevin.harrop@domain.elided]
	Sent:	09 March 1999 16:40
	To:	WAREJEFF@domain.elided
	Cc:	stag@domain.elided
	Subject:	Re: brake lines

	Jeff,

	The British do things differently!

	Many Brit cars, my Mk 2 included, have brake fittings that are
neither
	metric nor common to American.  I found out to my cost when my
local
	parts man identified my brake lines as metric.  The funny thing
is that
	the Brit unions will thread into metric, but they won't work.
Now my
	car has metal pipes for fuel, windshield washer lines, and
vacuum
	lines.  I couldn't return them after bending them up.

	So who had the right pipes?  Pep Boys!  Yes, I know you don't
believe it
	(or was it Chief's?).

	The point being that you need to be armed with information and a
	persistant attitude.  Insist on being directed to the brake line
	display, it will be a rack.  Even if it's all the way in the
back and
	company policy is to stiff dingbats who drive quarter century
old Brit
	cars.

	Take a somple of both the male and female fittings.  INSIST on
being
	able to match your old gear to their new.

	Knock em dead!

	Kevin Harrop
	'73 Stag w/ a Datsun Z engine
	Los Angeles