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rust treatment?
I'd be scared to death of a brake line like that.
Trust me, I've had them fail. Granted, it was on a
5000 pound pickup truck....
Best thing to do is to go to Napa, buy a brake line
flaring kit from OTC/Stinger for about $30 (ISO
Metric) and a basic line bending mandrel/tool. Run
a new line. The line nuts and line should be less
than $10.oo.
Don't mess with rusty brake lines. It's freaking scary.
John K. Gates
--
Rome, NY
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new
house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...
----- Original Message -----
From: Allyn <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
Date: Saturday, September 4, 2004 9:35 am
Subject: rust treatment?
> ok, i know POR15 is the stuff to get if you want
to paint to seal
> in a
> surface that has started rusting. the question is,
what is the
> good stuff
> that i can use to treat a surface that is _really_
bad. you know,
> when it
> looks like its an onion peel (feels like it too).
some surfaces
> under the
> passat i'm afraid to even touch (the major one is
a brake line
> that runs
> across the rear, right by that fuel assembly
thing). normally i
> would just
> wire brush something like this to get the loose
stuff off, but i
> dont want
> to start leaks if i can help it...
>
> thx
> Al
>
>
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