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RE: silicone brake fluid revisted

To: jimp@CORP.FirstIndustrial.com, htc@mnsi.com, bricklin@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: silicone brake fluid revisted
From: "MK F" <symbiotic@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2002 18:01:38 +0000
>FWIW, when rebuilding my 64 Spitfire about 14 years ago I put in all new 
> >hydraulics including brake lines and used Silicone because at that time 
>it >was the new cure all. (Since then it has been debated over and over). 
>Anyway >the short story is I have never had a problem with it, even when 
> >autocrossing the car. The positive side to silicone is if you have a leak 
>it
>doesn't ruin the paint and on spitfires, due to the placement of the master
>cylinders (brake and clutch) that is a big plus.
>
>Pugs 756

I have it in my collector/high performance car and have never had a problem 
with it.  But this product is debated to death.  A respected member of the 
Mopar community says just use it, all DOT fluids are compatible so he 
doesn't even worry that much about mixing them.  But I used new parts when I 
did mine and flushed out the lines and proportioning valve with denatured 
alcohol.  I just refuse to have paint remover coursing through the 30 year 
old veins on my car (it has an 8,000 paint job). Kim

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