I just got some tube from FleaBay on order. The tube bender is in the tool box. I will have to see how to stick the ends onto it.
clay > On Oct 19, 2016, at 5:13 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > My mechanical engineer brother swears by copper alloy brake lines. IDK if he > buys pre formed or fabs them himself. If they can be self-fabbed then that > could be a cheaper alternative. Corrosion would be a non-issue for the > future. > > Greg > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of clay via > Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2016 4:52 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Cc: clay > Subject: [MBZ] It's Braken Jim! > > I have no parking brake in Polei. Also have a fluid leak that has been > getting topped up with big jugs of FLAPS DOT 3. Sent the car to local > wrench twister down the block. He came back with an estimate of $2k to make > whole. > > What is not good. Hard line is rusted out near the rear axle. That is > where the leak be. Pads back and forward are sort of ok, but want fresh. > Rear rotor wants fresh, Rear calipers want fresh, park shoes want fresh. > Front tie rod ends are perished. Wanted to charge to do alignment. Park > cable may be perished. > > I can do tie rod ends myself. I am pretty comfortable installing rotor and > pads. Getting the parking shoes seated is a HUGE pain in the patoot. I am > not at all interested in paying retail for calipers or the hard line. > > I am assuming the Benz engineers did not get all crazy and put different > calipers on the diesel v. petrol cars (unless it be SEC). So, were I to get > a set of calipers from PnP gen II W126, I would be in the clear to install? > Is there a change from early to late calipers? Like I could use them from a > SD? > > The hard line is a question. There must be the same line that is used in > the petrol editions that is used in SDL as well. It is only the one line I > think. If I pull PnP 560SEL line that would be same? OR, should I remove > the hard line, take it to a brake shop and have them fab me a line? I will > be doing all this on a creeper in the rain with car on jack stands. I will > also need to install the park brake cable that came in a box with the car. > > Maybe Kaleb has spare w126 brake line, caliper set that he will ship me for > cheap dollars. > > > clay > > 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap > 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green > 1986 SDL - Polei > > retired models- > 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery > 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran > 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV > POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
