>>>>> On Tue, 21 Apr 1992 16:34 PDT, Dennis Wilson
><pei.pei.com!sgi!OREGON.UOREGON.EDU!DWILSON> said:
DW> I just read Phil Ethiers reply about brake fluids. Well I just put Dot 3 in
DW> my 77 Midget (why? because I'm a cheap skate!!). Will it really eat up all
DW> the seals??
It could. As I understand it, some LBC's used natural rubber seals in
the hydraulics, which swell in DOT 3 brake fluid and ruin the item.
If the item is rebuilt with synthetic rubber seals you can then use
any brake fluid you like.
DW> If so why the hell don't they say this on the jar of fluid??
"Huh? Yuh say our brake flooid did WHUT? Whut kahnduh car y'all got
anyway? A what? Har! Har! Har!
Hey Joe! Come'n' hear whut kinda car this here jokers got!"
--berry
(Who has endured much the same abuse from British Phlegm-sucking-
is-too-good-for-them Leyland parts counter, uh, folks trying to order
intake valves for a Rover P5....)
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