break pipes

[pestguard1]

Can anyone give me a rough idea how much a complete break pipe ( copper pipe ) replacement would cost , one garage quoted me £200 to do the job ..........old pipes are totally knackered..........connect T220 van 09

[Brains_transit]

You can remove the pipes and take them to a motor factors or store that makes up brake pipes and they'll form them and put the right ends on

[pestguard1]

I run a business , so dont have time to do it my self ,and its the only van I have , so being off the road for a couple of days means I loos a Lot of money

[mk2dk]

Just changed mine, not the funniest job. If a garage is prepared to do it for 200, I'd let them have the job. Problem is they run over the fuel tank, which has to be lowered to gain access. In front they run between the chassis and crossmember, which also has to be lowered. They probbably won't change them the entire way to the ABS block, as they normally are ok. I ended up using 12 meters of copper pipe, which also comes at a price.
With that in mind, 200 is a very fair price.

[ned]

I know this is a connect but I had one done on my swb t280 front to back 60 sovs all in, think the pipe is something like £1 a meter plus fittings most of the cost is labour, so if its all the pipes 200 sovs is reasonable. N

[NC53]

Check that they are doing all of the brake pioes for thst price. Materials are relatively inexpensive, the main cost is the labour. Both front to rears go up behind the tank on the driver's side and are an absolute pain to change without dropping the tank. The driver's side front it also a bit if a struggle to get to where it joins on the lower apron panel down behind the header tank. So basically quite labour intensive to get neat and in the original positions.

[Brains_transit]

When I do brake pipe they have to follow the exact same route and shape of the originals and I've seen some short cut routed ones over the years

[pestguard1]

Just changed mine, not the funniest job. If a garage is prepared to do it for 200, I'd let them have the job. Problem is they run over the fuel tank, which has to be lowered to gain access. In front they run between the chassis and crossmember, which also has to be lowered. They probbably won't change them the entire way to the ABS block, as they normally are ok. I ended up using 12 meters of copper pipe, which also comes at a price.
With that in mind, 200 is a very fair price.

I let garage do it for £180 , fuel tank was in the way