5w50 Castrol Syntech, DOT 5 silicone brake fluid
The engine has a fresh rebuild (I want to keep it fresh), same with the brakes
and clutch - total flush, rebuilt calipers, master cylinders and new rear
wheel cylinders.
Thanks,
Paul Mostrom
'77 Spitfire 1500
'80 Ford F-100 (Triumph Support Vehicle)
'Black holes, where God divided by zero......'
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Kieboom [mailto:ekieboom@xs4all.nl]
Sent: Thursday, June 03, 1999 5:31 PM
To: spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Oil, Brake & Clutch fluids - opinions
At 12:33 3-06-1999 -0700, Simmons, Reid W wrote:
>I would like your opinions on motor oils and brake and clutch fluids.
>
>Motor oil: Brands, Weight/Viscosity, Synthetics, Synthetic blends.
20W50 - pretty much any brand will do. Spitfire engines were designed and
built in an age when fancy modern oils were pure science fiction! ;-)
>Brake & Clutch fluids: Brands, Type (DOT), Silicone
DOT 3 of any brand will be fine, maybe DOT 4 if you're afraid it gets a bit
hot under your bonnet.
If you start with a nice, all new or very well flushed, clean brake system,
it might be worth considering Silicone. Otherwise, don't bother. Ordinary
brake fluid and silicone fluid are not compatible - if there's the tiniest
trace of old fluid left in the system, you won't have the benefits of
silicone.
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Eric Kieboom - The Netherlands
1976 Spit 1500 - Original Java Green
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ekieboom/spit/spit.html
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