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Steel brake pipes, anyone fitted them?
Mark Allanson - 14/8/04 at 08:14 PM

I bought microbore copper pipe for my fuel lines, I could not bend it without kinking, so I went to the scrapyard, grovelled under an Astra for ages in the rain to get nice blue plastic pipes - these would not bend to the radius that I needed, they just folded up!

So, I thought - get some proper galved steel pipe, just like the manufacturers use.

They are 8mm, 0.9 mm wall thickness, and VERY difficult to bend, you have to bend the pipes off the car, and then fit in situ. They are VERY strong, on a test piece it resisted a 12oz ballpein until I got really serious.

They are a serious proposition, just take a long time to fit, make your arms ache, they do look though Rescued attachment Steel Pipes.jpg
Rescued attachment Steel Pipes.jpg


twinturbo - 14/8/04 at 09:36 PM

Title says break, text say fule???

Proper break pipe is very easy to bend?

TT


Mark Allanson - 14/8/04 at 09:45 PM

Sorry, they are fuel pipes, my brake pipes are copper!!


twinturbo - 14/8/04 at 10:43 PM

Why not braided ones? very easy to bend..

TT


Mark Allanson - 14/8/04 at 10:51 PM

25 feet of braided hoses?


dblissett - 15/8/04 at 09:43 AM

hello mark what are the small round black plugs for? in the bottom rails
dave


Peteff - 15/8/04 at 03:46 PM

To stop the little Pixies getting in. (Blackadder) Has it been Waxoyled Mark?


Mark Allanson - 15/8/04 at 06:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dblissett
hello mark what are the small round black plugs for? in the bottom rails
dave



We don't talk about those holes!!

I was going to fit the injection pump on the right hand side, but a space/pipe route/prop clearance dilema became evident, they are the old clip mounting holes. I filled the chassis tubes with Wurth chassis protect and bunged in rubber grommets Rescued attachment Old Fuel Route.jpg
Rescued attachment Old Fuel Route.jpg


Mark Allanson - 15/8/04 at 06:26 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff
To stop the little Pixies getting in. (Blackadder) Has it been Waxoyled Mark?


We have piskies in Cornwall, Ian has a shop full! (Robinbastd)


robinbastd - 15/8/04 at 10:19 PM

Caught one on camera,just look in my archive!!


dblissett - 16/8/04 at 08:19 PM

i have tried four times to get my irs right
and i have had plenty of "i dont wont to talk about it" moments
a sense of humor and ability to walk away when its going wrong helps
cheers dave