Re: Fuel lines -why not braided?

[Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

Re: the fuel lines only,:

Why would it not be possible to replace the steel line
with rubber lines reinforced with braided stainless? 
Hell, the pressure is only in one of the lines (the
other is a return), at what 70psi? (about the same as
a garden hose), rubber+braided steel jacket is easily
available, easy to work with, very strong, can be
routed anywhere, cheap, and terminated easily...just a
thought.  

Somebody tell me what's wrong with this idea. 

Ron


--- "Blake P. Pelzer" <bppelzer@midway.uchicago.edu>
wrote:
> Okay, a month ago I bought my first car, an 87 16v
> with 60000 miles. I was
> told that the passenger side e-brake cable was bad,
> so I took it in and
> was informed that he didn't want to touch the ebrake
> unless I wanted all
> the brake lines replaced as both they and the fuel
> lines were too fragile
> with rust to be played with. As this was some crazy
> old mercedes shop,
> this would be too expensive a procedure for me right
> now. So here are my
> questions.
> 
> 1. How soon does this need to be done? There are no
> leaks at present.
> 
> 2. Obviously the cost here is in the labor, so its
> clearly time consuming,
> but is it possible for a totally ignorant person to
> even think of
> attempting it?
> 
> 3. Does anyone know someone who could do this for me
> at a labor cost of
> less than 65 an hour within a 4 hour radius of
> Chicago?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Blake
> 
> 
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