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Re: Smitty Problem

To: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Smitty Problem
From: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 13:42:04 -0400
On Sun July 4 2004 1:16 pm, Michael Williams wrote:
> I'm finally getting around to fitting the plumbing for the 5 speed
> conversion on my BN1 but I have run into a problem: I can NOT get the
> copper pipe end to seat in the master cylinder. In looking at it, it seems
> the small unthreaded part at the bottom of the male fitting is just to long
> to allow the threaded part enough room to "bite" into the threads of the
> master cylinder. Am I missing something? Is there some sort of adapter
> between these two that I don't have?

You're not using copper for brakes lines, are you?  They *will* fail, which of 
course will always happen at the worst possible time.  

-- 
John Miller

The difference between America and England is that the English think 100
miles is a long distance and the Americans think 100 years is a long time.





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