Hi Fred,
I bought 2 from Rusty - the 2 rear ones on my 91 300D are bad - the
fittings
are rounded off. Looks like someone used a pair of pliers on them. So, I
spoke with Rusty and he ordered them - one was in stock the other came from
Germany. I was surprised to learn one was no longer stocked and it required
an order from Germany.
I have them both now but have not yet installed either yet. I
bought 3 tools to bend metal brake lines - they're pretty inexpensive and I
wanted one that would not crimp the pipe. Don't know about yours, but the
ones on my '91 W124 have a special green coating on them. The coating looks
like Army green and seems very hard. Buying a straight piece ready made
from FLAPs would work but it would not have the proper coatng so I
dropped that idea.
I am replacing my rear calipers also - again, the PO screwed the bleed
valves up
pretty badly - they were rounded off, likely the same friggin PO using
the same friggin pair of pliers. A couple broke off. Anyway, a fellow
lister (Thanks!!) sold me
a set of calipers, pads and rotors for both the front & rear of my 91
300D. The front ones went
on easily when I installed them last weekend.
So, to answer your question - Rusty sells them but they are not in the
Online Catalog, you'll need to send him a note or ask a online question.
He'll probably get the brake line from MB but you get a discount not
available from MB-USA. Then you will have to bend them.
You should probably replace the rubber hoses at the same time.
Good luck -
Larry T (67 MGB, 74 911, 78 240D, 91 300D)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 3:43 PM
Subject: [MBZ] Brake Lines
> Does anyone have any experience buying pre formed hard
> brake lines or bending their own? Couldn't find them
> on Rusty's site.
>
> Had an experience driving home from work yesterday in
> the SD wherein I'll have to replace one of the hard
> brake lines for the front brakes.
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Johnson
> Chicago
> 1977 240D
> 1983 300SD
> 1991 A/R 164L
> 1996 Civic
>
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