Good idea Phil. Over the years I've Isopropyl alcohol to flush TR systems
several times with no ill effects. The less water content the better.
Followed by a good air dry.
And Jim, its allot cheaper then Brakekleen. The only drawback is you can't
drink it.
Mark
NO TR's now
Had 12 at one time
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> From: Philip E. Barnes <peb3@cornell.edu>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Silicone Brake Fluid
> Date: Friday, September 12, 1997 10:52 AM
>
> Jim Bauder said:
> "I plan on flushing the lines and front calipers with as much
"BrakeKleen"
> spray cleaner as I can afford
> to buy..."
>
> I'm not a chemist (even though I play one on TV), but isn't brake cleaner
> some sort of trichlor-type solvent? I'd be afraid that it would attack
the
> elastomers in the system. I think that a better flushing solvent would be
> something like laboratory-grade isopropyl alcohol. Never having done this
> sort of thing, I'm arguing in a vacuum.
>
> Phil Barnes
> Cortland, NY (nowhere near New York City)
> peb3@cornell.edu
> '71 TR6 CC61193L (20 year owner)
>
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