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Re: Clutch Fluid, green for the holidays ...

To: Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV
Subject: Re: Clutch Fluid, green for the holidays ...
From: Andrew Mace <amace@unix2.nysed.gov>
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 1996 11:15:06 +0500 (EST)
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net
On 4 Dec 1996 Martin_A._Secrest@NEB.VOA.GOV wrote:

> 
> Herešs a ĒdumbĒ question.     
> 
> Why is my Spitfire clutch fluid GREEN?  What the hell is it, anyway?
> Išve never worked on a clutch fluid system, so I know more than 
> nothing about it -- I think, actually, that I have ĒnegativeĒ
> knowledge about it (i.e., everything I know is probably wrong). 

Well, before there was Castrol Girling GT/LMA, and before there was 
C-G Amber, there were Castrol Girling Crimson and Green brake fluids. 
They're long off the market, having been superseded years ago by the 
GT/LMA. Maybe your system still has original or period fluid in it from the 
1970s? or NOS brake fluid? :-)
 
> What kind of fluid is normally used in the clutch system?

It's the same as the brake fluid, whatever your preference might be.

--Andy

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