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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

Maybe the cost will be less than off the shelf SS lines, but my time is often precious and I'd rather pay a few bucks more to have them sent to my door and ready to install, to avoid trying to drive to and instruct the redneck at the hydraulic shop in what I want and expecting him to do it properly and then have to pester him to get him to do it.

Yeah, I have to REALLY agree with that statement. Time to find someone and or drive around or phone around comparing prices just isn't worth it IMO. I think about what I make /hr @ my day job, and what I bill for fabrication/electrical side jobs and it;s just plain not worth it sometimes to look for the good deals when the answer is right infront of you or a few clicks away.

Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

When you live in a smaller town like I do, there are usually only 1 or 2 of any kind of shop or supplier, and the guy running it usually does shit with the urgency of a sloth. When I bought my big 1" drive impact gun it took me several calls around town just to find someone who could supply 1/2" ID air hose and fittings for it. I went to that particular shop 5 times trying to get 25 feet worth of hose and about 6 fittings. The guy was a nice guy but was less interested in my business and more interested in telling me stories about his foxbody mustang.

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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

He kept saying he'd have to order the shit I wanted, but it never "came in". Finally I got fed up of hounding him and ordered the stuff from an online supplier and had it within 3 days. Anytime I can order something online versus trying to do it in person, I will always order online...it seems to simplify life infinitely. Maybe I am not enough of a people-person to buddy-buddy up with these guys to get them to do what I want.

Yeah, about 10 years ago I buddy-buddied with all the shops local that I could ever need, autobody suppliers, parts warehouses, dealers, etc etc etc. It's worth it in some respects becuase I get wholesale at all of them. The special treatment is pretty nice and having someone know you're name when you walk into a store is always nice too.

Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection

Hold on, I will see if I can go find somebody who is a builder and has years of experience with FC oil cooler lines...

Let's see now, where could such a person be found...

Stock lines = $350 and last what... 10-15 years? SS replacements are a few clicks away and most don't know how long they last because they just haven't failed enough from old age. Hydraulic shop lines......... I had a turbo feed line that I had a -6 fitting silver soldered on. The Silver solder has been known to hold up to thousands of pounds of pressure and mine started leaking after ~1000 miles and the killer was 130 PSI for about 4 minutes. Impurities in the line they say didn't allow proper fusion. I buy it, has happened to me before when welding older aluminum. Shop repaired it for free though.

I think the moral that Kevin is trying to make is get rid of the stockers when they become an unknown. Right? I would consider it a reliability upgrade as well