In article jkd7ac5ofpak6pfr3a3km07p019nfaqir5@
4ax.com, says...

On Tue, 14 Feb 2017 20:10:38 -0500, "J. Clarke"
wrote:

In article XnsA71C551315151dougmilmaccom@
213.239.209.88,
says...

"J. Clarke" wrote in
:

It doesn't matter what the brake lines are made
of, a 16 year old vehicle should have them
inspected and replaced as necessary.

You're expecting magic materials to take the
place of proper maintenance.

Nonsense. Metal brake lines are not a "maintenance" item, even on a 16-yo vehicle.

They are or should be an inspection item.

In more than forty years of doing the vast majority of my own maintenance and repair, I've
had to replace a corroded brake line exactly once: last March, on the Dodge truck which
my wife and I bought new shortly after we got married -- in 1985.

That you did your own maintenance and repair
does not mean that you did it right. Did you
perform every maintenance item that the service
manual specified?
I can tell you from years as a mechanic, including dealer service
manager - and the ONLY "maintenance item" to do with brake lines is
changing fluid on a regular basis (every 2 to 5 years, depending) and
inspecting the rubber hoses for cracks or bulges.

That's not what the Ford owner's manual says,
but then I've never known a dealer service
department to actually perform the maintenance
that the book says to perform. I remember a
Jeep dealer giving me an argument when I asked
him to check the brakes. Maybe that was you,
did you ever work for Bolles Motors in
Ellington?

And are you a certified mechanic or just the
kind of "manager" who thinks that the manager
doesn't have to understand what his subordinates
do?