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Stop whining, woman. Get someone who knows what they're doing, say....a man, to fix it for you, then you can wash his dirty clothes and make him a nice cup of tea.
I have found MOT testers happily fails cars for surface rust on brake pipes. If I then remove the rust with emery cloth and show the tester pipe is sound he will pass it. I have also seen a tester slapping grease on the brake pipes of a mate, then passing it. I now submit cars for test with all metal brake pipes greased. Does anyone know what the tester's manual says about this?
I am with terry on this school of thought, I don't consider them to be seriously corroded, a clean up with some emery paper may well suffice.
Handbrake cable was replaced last year along with adjustment of shoes etc ,I had a look at them all then and seemed to be ok.
As a small piece of advice Kate go to a small local (if you have one) MOT place, don't go back to Halfruads ,which is where I think you went(but may be wrong)
All the best
Managed for ages with the cheap brake flaring tools which as long as your doing joint to joint with copper or its mixes is fine.
flaring original steel lines with such tools is near impossible.
the upgrade , which works fantastically but probably not needed is this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sykes-FLAREMASTER-2-Brake-Flaring-Tool-3-16-and-4-75mm-/310202109435?hash=item48397c8dfb
If you do decide to go ahead and d.i.y. make sure any bends you need to put into pipe are smooth with no kinks,and that once done brakes are thoroughly bled and all air expelled.
Kate, if you already have the tools for safely working under a car and can manage all the grovelling about that this job entails then a £15 flaring tool and £20 of consumables will do the job.
But it is a fiddly time consuming job that is probably best left to someone who has done it before.
I've done it before, on a 1938 Mossis 12, when things were simpler and had copper brake lines. NO, I didn't buy the car from new!
Ron.
Xenon or Halogen. Whats wrong with the old ones?
I have a pair of xenon headlights that another member was asking about, I`ve messaged him earlier to see if he still wants them, if not they`re your`s if it`s the xenon ones you`re after.
I`ll let you know either way
Broken water pump.Impellor shed its plastic bits?
In the UK, the viscous isn't needed. Actually, it does more good to leave it off.
