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diy brake pipe advice

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bigwood:
Just done the caliper pipes on my Disco. The faring tool I borrowed was a Clarke from machine mart, it worked but I wasn't too happy about the finish. It may have been me out of pratice. The fittings I needed came from Partco, I could only buy a tub of fifty. For a fiver trade price etc I now have a life time supply. Any one out there know were I can get the little pastic clips that separate the steels where they run in pairs. Also I need a full set of bleed nipples, the nearside front are three  rusty lumps of metal. :roll:

windowlicker:
cheers for the advice and as luck has it ive found a flaring kit at work today ive also been told just to use the old fittings which i supose if they come off okay should be fine (if being the key word!)

to be honest i have made up brake pipes in the past but that was like ten years ago when i was a trainee mechanic on an off road course so im confident that i wont endanger anybody especially my three and a half children. i was just unsure on pipe & fitting sizes

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
My flaring kit was cheap - about £15 and works fine.

The last time someone at a factors put the ends on for me, one of them blew out under pressure up on the MOT ramp. I was less than impressed! As I've known the lads there for 15 years or so, I borrowed their kit to re-make it, bled it while still on the ramp and passed anyway. Datsun 260Z that was. Only glass in it at the time were the front & rear screens.

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