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:
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>Hi fellow Spit pilots,
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>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).
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>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.
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>Thanks in advance for any information,
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>Mike
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