Date:         Fri, 1 Oct 2004 07:21:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Tony Thompson <tonyt_eye@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tony Thompson <tonyt_eye@NS.SYMPATICO.CA>
Subject:      Re: Steel brake lines, or "I'm coming to get you, Frank"

On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 23:36:04 -0400, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
wrote:

>Well Volks, in typical airhead fashion I've been totally ignoring (because
>it terrifies me, no doubt) my own little problem which is that I've sprung
>a leak in the line going aft on the right side.   I need it fixed pronto
>and I could use any and all advice, particularly gotchas lurking if I do
it
>myself versus different gotchas from a shop or from <gasp> the dealer.  I
>presume that it would be richly foolish to simply patch up the offender
and
>not replace the rest; is that too cautious?  And to the nearest thousand
or
>two, what might I be looking at?
>
>--
>David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
>'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"

Hi David,
I had the same problem a few years ago.The dealer brake lines were very
expensive but a careful machanic removed all the brake lines and got new
ones made at a local hydraulics shop for a fraction of new. I think the
cost was under 1000Can for all the brake lines including labor and I have
had no similar problems for 5 years now.

Tony