This sounds a little excessive to me!
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From Gronberg John <john.gronberg at sbt.siemens.com>
To: 'Majordomo, Spridgets List' <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, March 17, 2000 1:09 PM
Subject: Brake master cylinder Continued
>I may be nuts but the thing I do every fall (and lately every spring) is
>pressure bleed my brake fluid from the Sprite. Since I store the car over
>our Chicago winters and only drive it in the summer I found out years ago
>that water in the form of condensation can play hell with our cast iron
>cylinders. Since DOT4 is still relatively cheap I just go to the local Trak
>and get 4 or 5 pints and do a complete 4 wheel and clutch cylinder fluid
>change using my Easybleed. Recently I have gotten into the mode of changing
>the fluid when I take the car out of storage and when I put it away for the
>winter. This may seem like overkill and once a year may be fine. Over the
>last 15 year or so using this system the fluid coming out of the car after
>the winter storage is still pretty clear. The fluid after the summer usage
>turns dark. While this doesn't degrade the fluid it still indicates
>something going on and therefore I replace it. About 15 years ago I rebuilt
>my dual master cylinder and "honed" out some small pits and scratches.
>About 8 years ago I removed the master cylinder for a check up and found
the
>cylinders were still OK. This is with the original master cylinder, 1965
>vintage.
>John Gronberg
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