DeTomaso Mailing List: November 97, Message #64
     



From: 	Bjorn Carlsson <bjorn.carlsson@sapa.se>

Subject: Re: Brake Tubing

Date: 	Mon, 3 Nov 1997 07:42:49 +0000



The tubing MUST be tested with (none silicon) brake fluid. Otherwise it will

leak sooner or later.



I had BIG problems on my -71 pushbutton. It had the reservoirs bolted to the

left of the master cylinder. I finally found the right sort of tubing. VW

Beatle uses them and they also exists on big SCANIA trucks. 



But I could never tighten them up at the reservoir house so (one of them!)

continued to leak. The reservoir was of plastic and very fragile so I was

afraid of breaking it.



Another problem is that sometimes the tubes does a tight 180 degree bend and

that could be enough to "collapse" the tubing internally (the small rubber

baloons blister) and make it leak though it looks OK on the outside.



Finally I got tired. I switched to Wilwood master cylinder and got a much

firmer pedal.





Bjorn Carlsson





At 17:22 1997-10-31 +0000, you wrote:

>I've replaced the tubing that goes from the brake reservoir to the

>equalizer on a '71 and it seems to be sweating brake fluid.  The tubing

>I'm using was supposed to be impervious to chemicals, but obviously not

>brake fluid.  What kind of tubing should I use and where do I get it?

>

>Thanks.

>R.J.Duffey

>