Don,
With all due respect, how do you explain all the cars that have been using
DOT 5 silicone for years without a problem?? The only results I've seen are
no rusty, corroded parts and no damaged paint. How long? Ten years at the
minimum. And I've never had to repair or replace so much as one seal or
cylinder.
Ed Woods
-----Original Message-----
From: DON BOYD, JOAN IKOMA <dbji@whidbey.net>
To: triumph list <triumphs@autox.team.net>; Charles Duckworth
<cnlduckwor@ninenet.com>
Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: TR6 clutch not smooth and DOT 3
>
>this my first reply to the list(any list for that matter) so i hope this
>works. listers, don't put dot 3 under any circumstances in any brit car.
>don't under any circumstances put dot5 silicone fluid in your car! ask me
>how i know! guess how much it costs to replace every rubber peice in the
>entire system (including the booster when the leaking silicone attacked it
>too). it took years for it to happen, but it will to you too. use castrol
>gtlma (can buy allmost anywhere if you ask ) or lockheed (much harder to
>find, i hear it's better only for track use) . if you need further
>convincing see smith's "prepare to win" . this guy has crew chiefed a
>winning lemans team so he speaketh with forked tongue NOT.
>
>don boyd
>69 tr6
>61 tr3
>69 spit(racer)
>----------
>> From: Charles Duckworth <cnlduckwor@ninenet.com>
>> To: Robert Laing <robertla@unixg.ubc.ca>; triumphs@autox.team.net
>> Subject: TR6 clutch not smooth and DOT 3
>> Date: Wednesday, July 15, 1998 7:56 PM
>>
>>
>> I replaced the inside components on my slave cylinder recently, and the
>> > clutch was very smooth for about 2 days. It has now returned to the
>same
>> > feeling as before I worked on the slave cylinder. It works fine, but I
>> > find that it moves in stages instead of really smoothly. It usually is
>> > quite smooth when the car is cold, but as the car warms up, the clutch
>> > becomes more sticky.
>>
>> Robert, apparently it's the season to be rebuilding the slave cylinders.
>> When through the same this weekend rebuilt the slave due to an obvious
>leak
>> and still had problems, then rebuilt master and it drove great for the
>> first day - then on Monday started having problems shifting. Took back
>> over to a friend who's been helping me tonite and we re-bled the lines
>and
>> got a little air out. Also moved the slave connection to the top hole on
>> the lever and car shifted better than when I first bought it. If I have
>> problems again, believe I'll replace the master cylinder.
>>
>> Also to the list all the manuals refer to DOT 3 for the clutch but on the
>> TR WWW site I see use only DOT 4 - which I can't seem to locate. Can
>> someone explain the difference and what will DOT 3 do to the seals I just
>> replaced. Thanks
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > appreciated. Thanks!
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------
>> > Robert Laing
>> > 76 TR6
>> > 65,500 miles
>> > Vancouver B.C. Canada.
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