Date:         Mon, 2 May 2005 14:29:38 EDT
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Replacing steel brake lines with copper alloy?
Comments: To: tim.demarest@POBOX.COM
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In a message dated 5/2/05 12:22:30 PM, tim.demarest@POBOX.COM writes:

<< I'm about to perform a total brake-line transplant on my westie, and lines
that don't rust are really appealing... but I'd like to find out if anyone
has real-world experience with this, or any other rust-free solution for brake
lines. >>

I've been running 90/10 for just over 25 years.  Not as purty as polished SS,
but it will even outlive the fittings and it is a hell-of-a-lot easier to
work than SS.  Probably the ideal hookup would be 90/10 with SS endo's, i.e., as
long as the two are not far apart on a Galvanic compatibility chart.

The only time I have ever had a brake line rupture was in a Vanagon.  I think
Vanagons must have been designed to a standard - the old 100 Kmi then unload
it standard.  That's about the life of the engine before leakdom and the
transaxle before queefdom.

George