In a message dated 5/2/05 6:45:45 PM, organslave@EARTHLINK.NET writes: << My 1967 Mini Cooper S has copper brake lines . . . >> !!! DO NOT USE COPPER FOR BRAKE LINES !!! Let's be careful here, lest some innocent comes away from the plumbing department at Home Depot with his tit in a wringer. Your Mini should have copper ALLOY lines made of a 90/10 copper/nickel alloy known as "Cunifer Alloy" or when drawn into tubing, "Bundy Tubing". Quite a few European car makers have been using it for years to eliminate the corrosion of brake lines, although, considering the total of the car they build, I can't imagine why the British bother. George |
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