33 Degrees tomorrow....

And the frigging air con in the Disco has finally given up.

Buggered if I'm paying £87 to Landrover for the pipe, Any one know what
these Air con pipes are made of? Can I braze repair it or better still if
it's a common garden material make up a new pipe... not 100% how big the
flares are in my kit but they go quite big.

What sort of pressure do these systems get up to?

Lee D

Lee_D wrote:
> And the frigging air con in the Disco has finally given up.
>
> Buggered if I'm paying £87 to Landrover for the pipe, Any one know what
> these Air con pipes are made of? Can I braze repair it or better still if
> it's a common garden material make up a new pipe... not 100% how big the
> flares are in my kit but they go quite big.
>
> What sort of pressure do these systems get up to?
>
> Lee D
>
>

Take your broken pipe to a hydraulics company - Hyphose or similar.
They can usually make one while you wait. I've done this on both a
Saab and a Jag that both had expensive pipes. I think the Saab pipe
had unusual ends, so they reused the ends on a new pipe. Never failed
after that.

--
Regards, Danny

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Danny <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz funny
about:

> Take your broken pipe to a hydraulics company - Hyphose or similar.
> They can usually make one while you wait. I've done this on both a
> Saab and a Jag that both had expensive pipes. I think the Saab pipe
> had unusual ends, so they reused the ends on a new pipe. Never failed
> after that.

Cheers Danny, I've whipped the pipe off , there was no presure in it.

The offending hole is pinholes on the corner which appears to be a weakness
in the make up of the pipe. Was a git ti get off due to the vapourisers from
the gas system being in just the wrong place.

Lee D
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Lee_D wrote:

>
> Cheers Danny, I've whipped the pipe off , there was no presure in it.
>
> The offending hole is pinholes on the corner which appears to be a weakness
> in the make up of the pipe. Was a git ti get off due to the vapourisers from
> the gas system being in just the wrong place.
>
> Lee D

Good luck. I just checked my local yellow pages and found a few
hydraulic companies. Nearest one to me said bring it round. Have
also been advised the same by an auto refrigeration bloke who came to
gas a car once.

--
Regards, Danny

http://www.gaggia-espresso.com (a purely hobby site)
http://www.malabargold.co.uk (UK/EU ordering for Malabar Gold blend)

"Danny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Good luck. I just checked my local yellow pages and found a few hydraulic
> companies. Nearest one to me said bring it round. Have also been advised
> the same by an auto refrigeration bloke who came to gas a car once.
>
> --
> Regards, Danny

All bodges explored and failed, the pipe is Alloy with one end having fixed
end / union the other being loose but with a odd flange and rubber o ring.

All the locals drew a blank, local specialist said If he had a £1 for each
similar request he had in the last 3 weeks he'd have enough for a night on
the town.

I've begrugingly ordered the Landrover pipe.... it'll cost me £87 no doubt
plus vat. If I didn't have such bad hay fever in the summer and do so many
miles with the caravan I'd do without. Then I'll have to get it refilled
:-( Ah well, It's only money.


Lee D