List,
This was sent to me, but I didn't see it on the list - probably to save me
the embarrassment of being publicly corrected. As a husband of many years
and father of multiple teenagers, I'm pretty numb to both correction and
embarrassment, but I appreciate the thought. I've removed the name of the
sender in case he meant to maintain some privacy.
It seems like information that bears sharing.
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In regards to flushing brake lines with alcohol, DO NOT do this unless you
plan on replacing all the flexible brake lines from the hard lines to the
wheels. I did it on my TR7/8 project a while back, after reading it
somewhere, and it somehow caused my rubber lines to "swell" inside, to the
point that nothing would pass through them. Had to replace all rubber
lines! Since having used silicone based brake fluid, I am firmly convinced
that it has no place in a sports car, little driven, or hard driven. If
water does get into the closed brake system, they say it will collect at the
lowest point in the system (the brake calipers or cylinders you just
rebuilt. In a little-driven car, this will cause the calipers/cylinders to
rust, in a hard-driven car, the water will boil, and cause a spooky
"hard-soft-hard" type feeling pedal.
Xxxxx
1980 TR7/8
1961 MGA II
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kulka, Matt [SMTP:Matt.Kulka@hboc.com]
> I'm guessing the purists will tell you to flush your brake lines with
> alcohol and blow them out with forced air, then replace the rubber seals
> at all four wheels...
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