Low Pressure Brake Pipes

[Graham Filmer]

The metal pipes on my 67 dual circuit car have seen better days and i plan to replace them. from what i have been able to establish, rather than metal these are now replaced with flexible blue piping. I'm a slave to safety over originality, but i would welcome any thoughts on this switch BW Graham

[bobnotch]

This is what I'm going to use on mine. I already have it here too. I'm also going to a dual circuit master cylinder for it as well (it's already been rebuilt). Just got done (yesterday) installing wide 5 disc brakes to the front too. Just got to pipe it all in now. I'll probably add 3 point seat belts before everything is all done. I am taking it to Colorado next summer for the 2012 T-3 Invasion. ;D

[Kharon]

VW used steel pipes and those tend to rust, but usually replacement pipes are copper-nickel -alloy, it won't rust.

If you paint it (like the original pipes) it looks just like original and is safer in the long run.

For the hose from the reservoir to brake master cylinder I might also use plastic hose instead of rubber, rubber seems to age much faster.

[bobnotch]

Here's how I did mine.


Works quite nice.

[Graham Filmer]

Hi Bob, having taken the low pressure pipes of I discovered that the rust was only light surface stuff and light discolouration. a little light sanding and some Por paint and they were fine to refit, albeit with new blue flexi pipe and master cylinder BW Graham

[bobnotch]

Well, in my case, the original line was missing, and I was converting from a single circuit to dual circuit master cylinder. So hosing it made sense to me, and I don't have to worry about the steel lines rusting. I also switched to Dot 5 (silicone) brake fluid.