AnswerID: 74856 Submitted: Thursday, Sep 02, 2004 at 08:17
Member - 'Lucy'
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Morning Davoe
Well mate, all I can say in the first instance is that I was born in
Southern Cross and lived in
Marvel Loch for the first 7 years of my life and the next 11 in
Perth and
Southern Cross, and fully understand the "over east" thing.
However when I became a 'big boy' (18), I moved "over east" into the army and have lived there ever since, with no thoughts of ever returning "back west".
Now to the core of your post.
I have a 75 series Troopy which I flog around the deserts etc and after hearing of one that had a brake line torn out, I made some enquiries with my brake specialist as to how I could make emergency repairs in such a situation and what tools and supplies I would need.
ANSWER: Basically the only thing you can do is block of the damaged line and the only effective way to do that is to clamp off the nearest rubber hose between the damage and the master cylinders.
Admittedly this may mean that you only have braking power to either the front or back.
He told me that all brake lines are machine made ( beds and flares) with the flares being at some particular degree/angle and I think he said 'double rolled', whatever that means.
In essence, us who live "over east" are in the same boat as those that live "back west" in that replacement brake lines have to be ordered from the vehicle spare parts area or custom made.
Unless of course you are extremely lucky and there happens to be one in stock wherever you are making your enquiry.
So sit back, have a
beer or three and enjoy Kal and life in general while you are waiting for your next set of brake lines.
Regards
Ken Robinson
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