I may have a origional set I can run by the shop here in Lakeland to be
reproduced. Robin, do you have your origional set? Mine may be for a Mk-II.
This outfit has made quite a few sets of brake lines for me.
Nick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Somebody" <achd73@yahoo.com>
To: <Tigers@autox.team.net>; <robin02@mindspring.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] original oil lines reprodced
> THANKS Robin. I almost bought a set on epay so I would have orginals to
> duplicate BU they went to high for hoses that are 40 plus years old. Maybe
> someone will have some orginal hoses they will measure off the car or I
> can go
> with a setup like Sandy mentioed.
> TtT
>
> --- On Sun, 9/13/09, Robin Young <robin02@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Robin Young <robin02@mindspring.com>
>> Subject: RE: [Tigers] original oil lines reprodced
>> To: "'Tony Somebody'" <achd73@yahoo.com>, Tigers@autox.team.net
>> Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 6:01 PM
>> Tony, my lines were weeping so I took
>> the whole assembly to a hydraulics
>> service company. They were able to duplicate everything for
>> about 100.00.
>> Since then, I have found another company that does a lot of
>> tubes and hoses
>> for show cars. The web site is
>> www.tnhlakeland.com and their work is
>> excellent and he really likes old cars. If you go
>> with them the owner is
>> Elliot and it would be best to send him some original hose
>> and fittings. He
>> can even duplicate the horseshoe tube at the filter
>> housing. Robin Young
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net
>> [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
>> On Behalf Of Tony Somebody
>> Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2009 1:12 PM
>> To: Tigers@autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Tigers] original oil lines reprodced
>>
>> The oil lines on my Mk1 are to long to be able to use the
>> oil filter holder
>> that bolts to the head. Im guessing a PO had them made and
>> they either
>> copied other unoriginal hoses or where only interested in
>> them not leaking.
>> Since the clamp was also missing its just a guess. My
>> question is if I
>> wanted to have my problem corrected and since I dont have
>> the correct hoses,
>> does anyone have knowledge of where I can send mine and
>> receive the corrct
>> length hoses? I planned on doing away with them using the
>> motorport 90
>> degree adaptor but my headers wont allow the short filter
>> to the best of my
>> knowledge. Im not a stickler for having to run the original
>> hoses as they
>> can be a real pain if one burst while on a trip and they
>> always seem to lek,
>> even if its an occasional drip.
>> Thanks in advance for informtion or other ideas.
>> TonytheTiger
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