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Title: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 27 November 2010, 12:17:51
hi all my omega has just failed its mot on 2 items front to rear brake pipe and track rod end :-[ not to bad i suppose
can anyone tell me how bad a job it is to do the brake pipe  track rod easy enough but i dont have access to a ramp to do the brake pipe
thanks in advance brian
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Welung666 on 27 November 2010, 13:14:33
A half decent flaring kit is around the £20 mark and less than a tenner for a short roll of Kunifer brake pipe (don't use copper as they allow moisture into the brake fluid), then make them up yourself. Not a difficult job at all :y
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 27 November 2010, 13:18:08
thanks for the reply just need to find some time to do the job now and the cam gaskets :y
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Welung666 on 27 November 2010, 13:18:44
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thanks for the reply just need to find some time to do the job now and the cam gaskets :y

That's easy, just phone in sick Monday ;D ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 27 November 2010, 13:20:03
na cant do that i is the boss :'(
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: alank46 on 27 November 2010, 13:40:21
Hi
I always thought that the objection to copper brake pipes was that the copper can work harden due to vibration and then fracture.  As far as I know all metals are impervious to osmosis, unlike the rubber brake hoses.  I believe that at one time Volvo used to use copper brake lines, don't know if they still do.
Be that as it may, I agree that the job is relatively simple.
Alan

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A half decent flaring kit is around the £20 mark and less than a tenner for a short roll of Kunifer brake pipe (don't use copper as they allow moisture into the brake fluid), then make them up yourself. Not a difficult job at all :y
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Dishevelled Den on 27 November 2010, 13:42:14
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na cant do that i is the boss :'(


You don't need to 'phone in then. 8-) :y ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Pitchfork on 27 November 2010, 15:53:20
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na cant do that i is the boss :'(


You don't need to 'phone in then. 8-) :y ;D
Another great money-saving tip from Zulu77! ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 27 November 2010, 22:37:06
true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Welung666 on 28 November 2010, 01:22:17
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true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/

Pray for heavy snow then :P ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: sjc on 28 November 2010, 08:38:48
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true but then nobody gets in and no work gets done  :-/

Pray for heavy snow then :P ;) ;D ;D

Not a nice job to do in heavy snow! (unless you have a garage big enough to get the Omega in of course)

BTW, if it's just the pipes from the flexi to the caliper then you're laughing (soak the unions in WD40 overnight though).

If it's the pipes on the body side of the flexi then you're in for a whole world of pain!  They disappear behind the exhaust heat shields so I'm sure you can imagine the rest!  I had to do this job several times on Carltons so now I coat the brake lines in spray wax or grease cos I never want to have to do it again!

Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 28 November 2010, 10:45:29
it is the front to rear pipe that needs to be changed i will give my local garage a call in the morning see how much they will charge to do it
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Kneepad on 28 November 2010, 12:00:19


Iirc there was a thread not so far back where a garage said the had to remove the engine to replace the pipe front to back.   :-/
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 28 November 2010, 15:50:46
hope not or it will be going  :-[
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 29 November 2010, 17:22:40
had the brake pipe and track rod end done and remot so another years omega driving  ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Kneepad on 29 November 2010, 19:02:34


Job well done.   :y
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: sjc on 29 November 2010, 19:30:03
Result!

Hope it didn't hurt the pocket too much!
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 29 November 2010, 20:28:04
not too bad garage quoted for 3 hours to do both took them 3 just to do the brake pipe £140 inc parts and fluids
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: Kneepad on 29 November 2010, 21:23:44
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not too bad garage quoted for 3 hours to do both took them 3 just to do the brake pipe £140 inc parts and fluids


So they didn't need to remove the engine then.   ;D ;D
Title: Re: Just failed the mot
Post by: btc on 30 November 2010, 17:36:14
na it was a long old pipe though