Re: [T3] Stainless steel braided brake lines

[John Fessenden "fess" <fess-vwtype3.org@fess.org>]

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On Feb 9, 2005, at 2:46 PM, James Montebello wrote:

> The thing about braided stainless lines on the street
> is that they can fail catastrophically.
...
>   The line simply
> parts internally, and the pedal drops to the floor.
> In my case, I simply sailed through an empty
> intersection, and had to use the handbrake to get
> home.

great.
one more thing to add to my list.
especially since, fix parking brake is on there,
oh, which means replace rear discs, with stock drums...

sheesh. I have gotten in so over my head.

I guess it's good I'm not driving it because
the back hatch flys open, because I still have to
fix the hinge.

:(

it looks pretty.  [ from a far,  the paint isn't too great. ]

--fess

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