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Re: Another first edited to add radiator overflow tube photos

Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:21 am
by Gary Boutwell
George Willer wrote:Another thought... The tube requires exactly the same tube as a proper fuel line... 5/16" by 20". Why not kill two birds with one stone and start with a 40" brake line? That way the first sharp bend can be made more easily before the line is cut.


George, right on the money (as always.)

That first bend is a doozy.
I always allow extra mateial on both ends.
Much easier to bend then cut than to have to do the task twice.

Thanks for your input.

Re: Another first edited to add radiator overflow tube photo

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:48 pm
by PVF1799
Thanks for this post. This swill be a quest, w/o a sample to work from. :big crazy:

Does anyone have a bad one?

Re: Another first edited to add radiator overflow tube photo

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2013 7:11 pm
by Peter Person
...another option would be to fill the end of the 5/16" steel tube with lead solder or other low melt alloy, create the bend, and melt the solder out of the tube.

Peter