Jeff Schmidt’s 1998 Ford Contour No Start -FiF

[EricTheCarGuy]

Yep, we’ve moved on from Barbara’s van to this Ford Contour owned by Jeff Schmidt. Here’s a bit of inside info. I actually found Jeff through Barbara. She occasionally drives Jeff and his wife around in the very van we fixed in the last series. Pretty cool right?

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[Cameron]

I don’t know if you checked all the solid brake lines on the car but when you find one corroded section of line as you did there will most likely be other parts of the lines that are also on the way out. Over time, the protective coating can wear away, be rubbed away when in contact with other parts or be chipped by road debris allowing rust to attack the steel tubing.

It is quite likely to be a continuing problem with that car. A badly corroded line that has not begun to leak yet can just be broken in half very easily

I would not want to be driving a car like that knowing that I might blow a hole in another section of suspect line next time I applied the brakes hard..

Just cutting out a section of old brake line and patching a new piece in as you suggested in the video seems very mickey mouse to me. That is not what I would expect from someone of your fine standing.

[EricTheCarGuy]

[quote=”cam0888″ post=148897]I don’t know if you checked all the solid brake lines on the car but when you find one corroded section of line as you did there will most likely be other parts of the lines that are also on the way out. Over time, the protective coating can wear away, be rubbed away when in contact with other parts or be chipped by road debris allowing rust to attack the steel tubing.

It is quite likely to be a continuing problem with that car. A badly corroded line that has not begun to leak yet can just be broken in half very easily

I would not want to be driving a car like that knowing that I might blow a hole in another section of suspect line next time I applied the brakes hard..

Just cutting out a section of old brake line and patching a new piece in as you suggested in the video seems very mickey mouse to me. That is not what I would expect from someone of your fine standing.[/quote]

Thanks for your input, but I’ve worked in the rust belt my entire career and I’m confident the repair I did on Jeff’s brake line (that you’ll see next week) will hold and that the other lines will be OK. I feel replacing every line on the car would be more effort than it’s worth. I stand by my repairs and so far Jeff is very happy with his car and hasn’t had any issues. He got it back last week BTW.

Thanks again.

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