Walt and I have been having a conversation about this offline. My personal
opinion is that unless you're going to be using the silicone for the higher
boiling point (i.e. you're racing your car) then stick with Dot 3 or 4. I don't
think it's worth the effort, or the potential for seals swelling and failing
(Silicone fluid causes the seals to swell which can cause calipers and
master cylinders, and slave cylinders to either bind or leak).
Seth
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On 12/9/01, at 10:43 PM, Steve Owens wrote:
>10 yrs ago, I noticed a popular car restoration guide (forgot the name but
>it had a brown/white '56 chevy on the cover) advocated conversion to
>silicone for the kind of infrequent use typical of special interest cars.
>The book made it sound like it was no big deal if a complete restoration on
>the brake system was being done anyhow. Is that a fair assessment (if
>anyone has experience in this)? ...Or is it a nightmare ? ... for all the
>cars which are NOT having good restoration part support (eg. good part
>support would be like that seen for 64-66 mustangs, 55-57 chevys).
>
>Even if it only prevented the master cylinder from rusting, it sounded
>intriguing.
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