Bob,
Once a set of linings has been contaminated with brake fluid, they are
ruined. Soaking them in gasoline is the first part of an old trick to fix
a car by the side of the road until you can get around to replacing the
linings. After soaking the linings in gas, you "flambay" (spelling?) them
by lighting the soaked linings. The fire will burn out the brake fluid.
It also damages the linings, but a repair like this will get you home
from a trip when parts are not available.
Randy Kegg
TC9690
On Mon, 23 Apr 2001 22:25:59 -0500 "Bob D." <bobmgtd@home.com> writes:
> I have a set of very old brake linings (maybe 40 years old) that I
> took off
> my TD many moons ago because they were oil soaked. I notice that
> these old
> linings are twice as thick as the new ones I recently purchased from
> Moss.
> Which ones are right? Were extra thick linings an option at one time
> ?
> (Perhaps for drums that were turned down quite a bit.) I had to use
> up half
> of the adjusting range on the new thin linings.
>
> BTW: Is there any way to make the old oil soaked linings good again?
> I was
> thinking of soaking them in gasoline overnight.
>
> Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
> Email - bobmgtd@home.com
> 52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
> 71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
>
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