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Old 02-01-2015, 04:40 AM
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Originally Posted by MercPorsche View Post
That is bad news, and something I did not know anything about. Are they large hoses or something? What makes them so expensive?
In one word

"Mercedes"

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The problem with these pipes is that the fittings are what many people (even here in Europe) have called "non standard". I've been round all the places that I know of - hydraulic shops, air conditioning places, farm / plant machinery places, automotive specialists etc etc etc trying to find these fittings and I have not managed to find reasonably priced replacements. Fine thread metric stuff in weird sizes with weird end fittings - I think I'm going to have to find some aerospace suppliers...
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