Avoneer
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Bloody Brake Pipes and them nut things...
Ok, admit it...
Who's spent ages fitting a brake pipe, getting all the bends perfect and all p clips riveted on, ends flared perfectly and then...
Forgot to thread on the nut !!!
Shall I redo the whole thing, or add in a female/male connector somewhere in its length ?
Pat...
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Hellfire
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:14 PM |
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LOL. We've done that on at least one occasion, so you're not alone Pat  Can you not cut the flare off, thread the nut on and re-form
the flare in-situ?
Phil
[Edited on 5-6-06 by Hellfire]
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Avoneer
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:16 PM |
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Nope - it's just around a corner and cut perfectly to size.
Probably a new pipe I reckon...
All in a days work!
Just want to see how many other will admit to it as well!
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viatron
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:21 PM |
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Guilty as charged melud!!!!!
Mac
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ReMan
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:24 PM |
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More than once and i've put the wrong male/female flare on the end too
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indykid
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:25 PM |
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it's worse when you thread both unions on the same way, so one's back to front!
seems doubly stupid compared to just forgetting.
i have more trouble forgetting to put heatshrink on before soldering wires.
tom
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Chippy
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| posted on 5/6/06 at 10:38 PM |
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Been there, done that, got the Tee shirt. atb Chippy
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JB
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 05:01 AM |
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Its one of the things we all have done and will probably all do again at some time.
Its always the most difficult to make part.........
Known as "Sods Law"
John
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Danozeman
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 06:59 AM |
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Iv done that many a time. It a right arse in your position. It ok if uv got enough to cut some off.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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ned
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 07:19 AM |
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those who have built a car and not done this are very strange or just damn lucky!
beware, I've got yellow skin
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fesycresy
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 07:32 AM |
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I had a dodgy T piece that wouldn't seal but first tried to remake the flare.
I got an inline "shunt" from mac#1, solved the problem.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 08:07 AM |
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Yep, been there and done the silly deed, a2 or 3 times actually on various cars, most frustrating!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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Dave J
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 09:01 AM |
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Y'know, having done it once, you'd think I'd learn, but nope, put it down to age , senility, or whatever, having created my best
ever flare I DID IT AGAIN
I call it my Duraplug moment (how many of you out there have wired up those rubber plugs and realised too late that you haven't put the cable
through the plug top first) seriously annoying.
Dave
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Avoneer
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 09:22 AM |
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It must have been a CRAFT moment.
Pat...
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02GF74
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 10:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ned
those who have built a car and not done this are very strange or just damn lucky!
yep; once so far; luckily I did allow a bit of slack just in case
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mookaloid
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 10:57 AM |
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Ok I admit it......me too
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DarrenW
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 11:05 AM |
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ha ha - on this build ive never forgotten to do that, neither have i forgotten to thread some heatshrink on before soldering.
On previous exploits....... mmmm loads of times!
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 11:35 AM |
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quote:
i have more trouble forgetting to put heatshrink on before soldering wires.
LOL Me too - DAILY- it's part of my job.
What annoys me is the numpties I work with who do this and then just tape it up
Sorry for the hijack.
[Edited on 6/6/06 by omega 24 v6]
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owelly
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| posted on 6/6/06 at 02:33 PM |
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Put me down on the Muppet list too.
But I created a new league when after working through the night to fit a new clutch to my mini, I jumped in, started it up and then spotted the new
clutch plate on the passenger seat.......bugger.
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locoboy
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| posted on 7/6/06 at 08:32 AM |
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clutch on my pinto went a few years back.
Engine out, clutch out, new one in, engine back in.
Refitting the clutch cable and noticed the outer sheath was all melted on the exhaust manifold
Clutch was fine just the cable that was buggered....................
I wont do it again though
ATB
Locoboy
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