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Re: [TR] Stay away from California!

To: Wbeech@flash.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Stay away from California!
From: nwolf@u.washington.edu
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 09:19:53 -0700 (PDT)
>I have often wondered about this logic of two separate chambers for the
>fluid.  It would seem to me that to have the full capacity of the can
>available would be the safer route, especially for the brakes.  Or the
>greater fear that there is more exposure to failure of both systems should
>one system fail?
>
>Bill Beecher

   I think it's partly for the latter reason, and partly so that when you have 
separate reservoirs, you can tell which system is leaking.
   The BMW 2002 has an interesting variation, if I recall correctly.  Clutch 
and brakes share the same fluid, but the clutch hose is connected higher on the 
side of the reservoir.  If you've got a leak, you'll lose the clutch first 
before the brakes are affected.  An early warning system!
-Nick
Seattle
'62-ish TR4
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