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Re: Which brake fluid?

To: "Mike Ross" <MIKEROSS@prodigy.net>
Subject: Re: Which brake fluid?
From: "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net>
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 14:03:00 -0400
http://www.vtr.org/maintain/brake-fluids.html

You gotta love that VTR. (Everything you want to know, and some things
you don't.)

Terry L. Thompson
'76 Spitfire (with LMA Fluid)
'50 Ford F5 (with Dot 3 Fluid)
Maryland

At 08:52 PM 7/9/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Hi fellow Spit pilots,
>
>I'v had to replace a rear brake cylinder and had refilled the empty system
>w/ Castrol Dot 3 brake fluid before learning than some early Spits used
>natural rubber seals.  The old brake fluid looked, smelled, and felt like
>the Castrol Dot 3 (I didn't taste it though).
>
>Does anyone know when Triumph began using a seal that would allow the use of
>a Dot 3 or Dot 4 brake fluid?  My '68 Spit's Commission # is FD11675   L.
>
>Thanks in advance for any information,
>
>Mike
>
>
>

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