Mark Allanson
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 08:14 PM |
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Steel brake pipes, anyone fitted them?
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
 
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If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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twinturbo
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 09:36 PM |
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Title says break, text say fule???
Proper break pipe is very easy to bend?
TT
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 09:45 PM |
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Sorry, they are fuel pipes, my brake pipes are copper!!
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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twinturbo
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 10:43 PM |
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Why not braided ones? very easy to bend..
TT
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 14/8/04 at 10:51 PM |
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25 feet of braided hoses?
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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dblissett
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 09:43 AM |
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plugs
hello mark what are the small round black plugs for? in the bottom rails
dave
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Peteff
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 03:46 PM |
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To stop the little Pixies getting in.  (Blackadder) Has it been Waxoyled Mark?
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 06:25 PM |
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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
 
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 06:26 PM |
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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)
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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robinbastd
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| posted on 15/8/04 at 10:19 PM |
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Caught one on camera,just look in my archive!!
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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dblissett
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| posted on 16/8/04 at 08:19 PM |
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we dont talk about it
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
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