I'll third the motion. Silicone DOT 5 awesome. DOT 4 (or DOT 3 when
incorrectly applied) will let loose and not only eat the paint on your upper
bulkhead, but it usually drips onto the footwells, too, under the carpet,
where it eats the paint in the driver's footwell, exposing the sheetmetal to
corrosion before the owner is usually even aware of it. If anyone goes
through the trouble, time and expense to paint their car with the bulkhead
matching the rest of the car, you'd have to be a real masochist to risk
ruining the new finish with the old spec fluid. Everyone keeps complaining
that it's more expensive, but what's cheaper? DOT 5 or new paint?
Take care,
Jeff in San Diego
1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones"
1970 GT6+ aka "gnarly project"
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----- Original Message -----
From: Terry Thompson
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:50 PM
Subject: RE: TR rubber seals question
I agree with Craig. Silicone is expensive ($8 pint?)
and a bit of a task (a weekend job), but well worth
the time and investment. No peeling paint, no topping
off (does LMA evaporate or something?) and even if it
does leak no damage to paint. The purple color is
pretty trick too (on the translucent caps and plastic
reservoirs).
-Terry
'76 spitfire 1500
http://www.firespitter.com
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