- 1. followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: s1500@comcast.net
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:30:07 +0000
- Thanks for the replies, everyone. My email I sent to Triumphs Only(replied within an hour!) said pretty explicitly to use only GT LMA. The majority of the emails I got was to use Castrol's. I was und
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00024.html (6,356 bytes)
- 2. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 14:54:59 -0400
- LMA is unique. Just because it's a glycol ether based fluid doesn't mean all glycol ether based fluids are identical. Castrol's LMA brake fluid has low moisture activity, meaning it doesn't attract w
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00026.html (7,861 bytes)
- 3. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Roger Elliott <elliottr@rmi.net>
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:05:48 -0500
- In the early 1900's Castrol was a lubricant made by Wakefield Oil from Castor Oil the name Castrol was a contraction of that. I assume the company changed the name to Castrol because the product was
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00028.html (7,811 bytes)
- 4. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Michael Porter <portermd@zianet.com>
- Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:06:32 -0600
- Alright, maybe it's time to correct some misapprehensions, and provide some real history. The original request from the poster in question was whether or not Castrol LMA (which stands for Low Moistur
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00029.html (9,433 bytes)
- 5. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: "Nolan" <foxtrapper@ispwest.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:49:18 -0400
- Low moisture Activity (not affinity). Says so, right on Castrols LMA web http://www.castrol.com/castrol/productdetailmin.do?categoryId=82915492&contentId=6004007 Castrol LMA is not mineral based, it
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00030.html (8,389 bytes)
- 6. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 06:55:27 -0700 (PDT)
- I saw this on the MSDS for Castrol LMA. Don't drink it! A glycol ether component of this product was found to cause testicular degeneration and atrophy in male laboratory animals after the administra
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00031.html (6,916 bytes)
- 7. Re: followup on brake fluid (score: 1)
- Author: idhtfts@rogers.com
- Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 13:06:58 -0400
- Some poor rats had to prove the obvious fact that there can be no upside to drinking the stuff. I'm glad I'm not a Buddhist and I got my one shot on this planet as a human :-) Regards -Maurice (with
- /html/spitfires/2006-04/msg00032.html (7,247 bytes)
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