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On 9 Feb 2005 at 16:06, Constantino Tobio wrote: > Can someone recommend a good source for the front and rear brake > lines? I'm having a hard time finding the listings for the rears, > oddly enough. I have a '73, and at this point my brake hoses are an > unknown quantity- they could be 30+ years old as I have no evidence > they were swapped out at any time. I'm looking to swap them all out in > the spring. Front lines are available at any FLAPS, but at least one of the rears is hard to source. Fortunately, I've only ever had to replace fronts. > I'll worry about the hydraulics themselves (MC, Calipers, Wheel > Cylinders) on visual inspection. I know one or both rear wheel > cylinders were replaced within the last 10 years. I rebuild all the hydraulic components. If you don't want to do them yourself, you can pay me to do them for you. In most cases I'm cheaper than new, and in all cases the rebuilt parts are as good as, or better than, what's available new today. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~