Just went through this with a local parts store that has been selling British
car parts for many years.? The woman that has taken over the business after her
husband passed away now just sells parts.? He was a mechanic and used to work
on British cars for years.? I went there looking for Castrol LMA for the brand
new system in my BN2 and my Bugeye where I just replaced the flexible lines and
all new shoes, turned drums etc.? The Bugeye has had Castrol LMA in it for the
last 18 years, only topping off once in a while.? I did bleed the system in
2008 when I installed the clutch extension line.? OK, I'm not proud of the fact
that it went so long without changing out the fluid.? In any event, the woman
at the parts store knows I have a Bugeye and told me not to buy the Castrol
fluid that I had put down on the counter.? She explained it is not made by the
same people that used to make Castrol brake fluid of years past.? She
recommended DOT 4 Lockheed brake fluid as that is who made the brake system
originally anyway.? So, that is what is going in both cars.? The Bugeye will be
mostly the new Lockheed fluid with a little of the old Castrol DOT 3 in the
system that remains after bleeding the brakes and the clutch.Mike MacLean
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