Hi everyone

Was just having a look through the uk minispares site, and came across this brakepipe kit.
http://minispares.com/Product.aspx?ty=pb&pid=38000&title=BRAKEPIPE%20KIT%20DISC%20BRAKES...

Was just wondering if any one has bought one before?
Would this be the right kit for a hydro deluxe with 7.5" discs and standard drums on the back?

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I'm grew up on the street, not the hood, the sesame st

Copper brakelines have their problems.
Best stick to Bundy tube in this country.

At a guess they would fit.
But as Harley has said, copper has its problems, just measure your old ones and go to a brake place with your measurments.
Or the Mini King has NOS ones.
Cheers Pete

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Another study found Aussies drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles per gallon

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I posted a picture somewhere on this site with measurements

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

as far as i am aware copper brake pipe is illegal in australia.....

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They may not fit, hydro cars here ran the pipes in floor channels the UK cars didn't have.
As said, copper brake pipes are illegal here. Just get a reputable BRAKE shop (not a glorified muffler place)here to make new ones to your samples. It's not expensive. You can bend cupro nickel pipes to shape easy and they won't rust.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

The ones in the ad are copper-nickel...

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Copper 4 lyfe!

This issue has always perplexed me. How can it be that copper brake pipes are perfectly safe in the UK but unsafe here in Aus? The poms are not stupid, and they are in many ways are more stricly regulated than we are here. Perhaps they have better copper than we do.

The poms fit copper because steel rusts.
We fit steel because copper work hardens and cracks.

Some replacement pipe here is copper coated steel. Works OK.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

To add onto Morris1100s answer, over there brake lines rust before they would work harden, here its the other way, they'd work harden before they rust.
You want the material that'll last the longest in your country. Does that sound right?

Both the 1/4 and 5/16 bundy tube I have here is copper coated steel. I havent had any of it explode yet

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thanks folks,
I figured there must be something that wasn't quite right for them over here as haven't seen them mentioned.
Also on the topic of illegal bits for brakes, any problems with braided hose for brakes? for the bits of line that need to move about

sorry for the probably stupid questions.

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I'm grew up on the street, not the hood, the sesame st

Hi,

sorry to hijack the post a bit, but can Cupro nickel pipe be used as fuel line ?

Cheers
Luis

I believe they need attached ADR approval to be legal here.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.