On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:41:33 -0400, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:19:07 -0400, clare wrote:
On Hondas and Toyotas it is not uncommon to see a perfectly solid
line rot out under a retaining clip (holds line to body) and the rest
of the line is perfect.. In this case, installing a short section can
be effective and perfectly acceptable. Just make sure the line IS
solid,
and make sure you do a good jog ov double flaring the line, and
supporting the repaired section when you are done. Generally a good
idea to replace the entire run that is clipped to the floor - but you
can sometimes avoid having to do the twisties on the firewall and
around the rear suspension - or at least the twisties up on the
firewall/inner fender behind the engine.
I suppose that if there's some clearly obvious section that is rotted
out for some clearly obvious reason, that would make sense. I'd
inspect those remaining bits of line damned carefully, though.
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Tim Wescott Wescott Design Services http://www.wescottdesign.com
The lines run from front to rear through a slotted plastic shield under
the body. I sprayed LPS-3 into it and the visible sections still have
their factory green finish. There's a little corrosion where the
retaining clips blocked the spray but the only serious rust is at the
rear behind a solid part of the shield.
I guess the key word for me is "workmanlike". A long run that used to be
one piece that's had one section cut out and replaced (making it three
pieces) is "workmanlike" to me. A long run that used to be one piece with
five rusted out spots, that's now in 11 pieces, is not "workmanlike" --
it's "piece of ****" (unless it's a mile long, but there aren't very many
mile-long runs of brake tubing in the average car).
In Oregon you do the work and you drive the car, and things only become an
issue if your brakes fail and you whomp someone. In states that do
inspections you have to please the inspector -- but you probably get to at
least partially hide behind him, too, if he approved the work and your
brakes fail and you whomp someone.
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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com