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silverspider
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by silverspider » Wed Feb 08, 2012 5:28 pm
Hello!
I want to buy a flaring tool from Automec but with sipping it will cost me more than i get in a month so i was wondering if there is someone here interested in selling one on a good price. The one i want to buy from Automec costs 158 pounds.
I want to start a small business in replacing brake and hydraulic pipes with copper pipes and i need this tool. I cant find something like this here in Romania.
And of course i want to replace all the pipes with copper on my Xm
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by silverspider » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:25 pm
My first Flaring tool arrived today, this one is only for copper pipes and for only 3 types of flaring not citroen like.
This one was pretty cheap: ~30 GBP with transport.
Here is a photo with the tool
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/402/dscn9779u.jpg/
I knew that there are minimum chances that someone here will sell something so precious for a citroen lover but i give it a try anyway.
I am going to buy the one from Automec and start building pipes
Cheers!
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by kenhall » Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:41 pm
silverspider wrote:Hello!
And of course i want to replace all the pipes with copper on my Xm
I presume you mean cupro-nickel (Trade name Cunifer) pipe and not pure copper?
Pure soft/annealed copper pipe is the easiest to work but can work harden and present a risk of cracking when subject to vibration. Cupro-nickel does not have this problem.
Regarding the flaring tool, I recall posting some links (either here or on Club-XM.com)to some French articles with drawings showing how to fabricate the tool. Perhaps a local engineering/fabrication shop could make one for you.
Ken
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by silverspider » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:50 pm
That's good to know i'll use copper pipes only in places where there are no vibrations.
I am thinking about inox too. It is more resistant than copper.
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by Dieselman » Fri Feb 10, 2012 8:54 pm
Check Poland. I have an impact tool that does all three sizes from there.
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by silverspider » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:20 pm
Dieselman wrote:Check Poland. I have an impact tool that does all three sizes from there.
From what site? Can u give more details?
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by Dieselman » Fri Feb 10, 2012 9:27 pm
I bought mine off ebay, but it's made by MetBron
http://www.metbron.pl/pliki/offer.htm91 3.0 sei M. 4852 EXY Black
92 2.1 sed M. 5740 ECZ Sable Phenicien
92 3.0 V6-24. 5713 EXY Black
92 2.1 sd M. 5685 ENT Blue Sideral
Prev
90 2.1sd M. 5049 EJV Mandarin
92 2.1sd A. 5698 EJV Mandarin
94 2.1sd A. 6218 ERT Triton
91 2.0si M. 5187 EWT White
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by silverspider » Fri Feb 10, 2012 11:32 pm
Thank you! I've send them an e-mail.
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