At 09:26 AM 09/03/2003, you wrote: > > I had "repaired" one of my metal pipes this way. One of the ends was > > rusted through at the firewall where the the SS clamp was holding it in > > place. I used 1-1/4" copper to replace the sawed off end and clamped over > > and extra piece of hose. The copper just fit over the stock pipe and made > > a fairly rigid joint. Worked OK for about a half a year. DO NOT use copper. It adds a whole new electrolytic potential that will not only result in short life of the copper, but allow corrosion to set in throughout the system. |
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