Re: Anybody heard of using copper water pipe as hydraulic line?

Posted by Sam C. on June 18, 2001 at 19:58:57 from (216.17.135.120):

In Reply to: Anybody heard of using copper water pipe as hydraulic line? posted by Will on June 18, 2001 at 17:28:58:

Seems to be a common 560 problem. The one I've been working on had the steel lines rusted through and they blew when I moved the wrong lever one time. I ended up cutting and capping them since the other two remotes were fine for what I needed. Someone at the hardware store had suggested soldering a copper cap on, but I couldn't get it to stick (I've soldered a fair bit of copper over the years with no trouble). Ended up tapping the inside of the steel line and putting a bolt in as a cap.

It appears to "do it right" and replace the line involves removing a lot more stuff above where it attaches to the control valves than I was up to at the time.

I had asked the list about fixes, and I'm pretty sure a couple of people indicated that there are compression fittings for the steel lines. I don't remember the details - you might try poking around in the archives.

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