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That's a neat answer, Russ. Having managed to flare the good end of the part-rusted front-rear line on a VW Polo to save fitting a full line, I can say that hiring a professional tool to flare the fairly hard stock pipe isn't something I would choose to do again. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ Wolfe" <russw@classicvw.org> To: "Type3" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 3:41 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Major brake problem > On Thu, 2004-09-02 at 20:34, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > > Keith - You hit the nail on the head - what a mess. Is there a connection > > anywhere between the master cylinder and the tee above the rear torsion bar? > > > Sorry to say, NO. But if you buy your replacement line are a local > FLAPS, there probably will be when you are done. I got 2 lines of > approx. the right combined length, and a coupler. The coupler is now > under the carpet just forward of the rear seat kick panel. > This was at a Carquest parts store. Take one of the old threaded ends > with you so that can match the threads. > These are metric lines. > -- > Russ Wolfe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~