Sounds like a plan! Good luck ... On Sat, Jul 4, 2020 at 4:42 PM Rick Hawkins Java Letterpress Cycles Photon via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Folks, > > I lost the front brakes on the 2005 sprinter 2500. You may remember this > is the Mennonite machine from Pennsylvania with 385k and PA rust. > > So a brake line failed .... removing that one destroyed the also rusty > next line. I’m replacing the line from the ABS block to a union at the > driver’s side Front wheel side. Then the line that follows the frame > crossmember and goes to the passenger side caliper gets replaced. I shopped > for factory lines and they are neither cheap or readily available. I bought > some flaps lines with fittings in copper nickel that is supposed to be easy > to bend. I measured the lines. One was 36 inches and the cross to caliper > line was 66. I bought some 40 inch lines and a 30 inch line and a couple of > unions. I intend to pre-bend The lines and install a 40 inch piece on each > end .... then I will fill out the remaining gap and will have both unions > along the frame cross member. > > I guess this will be more fun than a barbecue! > > Happy 4th > > Xx rick > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” Wernher Von Braun 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ 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
