No problem. I had forgotten about the great Brake Fluid wars. I had
not paid much attention to them in the past, but with a "new" car I
wanted to make sure that there was not some oddball fluid that needed
to be used before I dropped good ole Castrol in the system.
This MGB is great, but it is as new to me as a the shuttle would be to
Wilbur and Orville. I am chocked full of questions about things like
the overdrive, having real turn signals, a radio I can hear, Zenith
carb, only one carb, where did the other one go!
Thanks for the response!
Mike R
----- Original Message -----
From: <Ajhsys@aol.com>
To: <mrazor@mis.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Brake Fluid
> In a message dated 6/14/00 6:02:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
mrazor@mis.net
> writes:
>
> << No I am not kidding. I have never owned an MG as contemporary
as a
> 78 MGB and it so much more advanced than my 52 MGTD, 59 MGA or even
> the 69 MGC. I have not had a chance to obtain a shop manual, so I
am
> relying on the list to help me out until I do get a shop or owners
> manual. I plan to flush the brake system on this MGB, since it is
> becoming brackish. >>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Sorry about the kidding part, Mike. We go around with brake fluid
as much as
> we do about cats.
>
> Yes! Flush that old fluid out of the system. Open all the bleeders
and pump
> it dry. Then flush with denatured alcohol to get as much of the old
fluid
> out as you can. Blow some compressed air thru the lines if you
disconnect
> them from the MC to evaporate the alcohol, otherwise give it some
time to
> dry. Then flush with NEW Castrol GT LMA fluid to get rid of any
lingering
> alcohol.
>
> Now is a good time to replace flex hoses and rear wheel cylinders,
and
> rebuild the front calipers. Then fill with new fluid and bleed from
the
> longest run first.
>
> Allen Hefner
> SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
>
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