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DOT 4 soaking

To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net
Subject: DOT 4 soaking
From: Rollright@aol.com
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 09:03:11 EDT
Thanks to Gary at Arado 7
 
You made me reflect on the history of car fluids and the sequence  in my 
Tiger. 31 year ownership,  on road the whole time. I started with DOT  4 but 
changed to silicon maybe 15 years ago.
I've been using Silicon to avoid the hydroscopic tendency of silicon for  
some years now and a new stainless clutch slave and rebuild of the rear brakes  
(flooded rear axle) last fall convinced me it was a good time to try DOT 4  
again. I also now winter store the car in a warm dry, temp stable environment,  
negating some of the reason to use Silicon.
 
What a difference! I don't use a booster and there was immediate positive  
results. But the bite on the clutch was the real convincer. Much much  better.
 
Well, now to the mess on the floor. I took the carpet out of the car,  
keeping in mind what Gary/Arado7 reminded me of and went to the local $.25 coin 
 
operated high-pressure wand car wash. I loaded in $5.00 worth and used the soap 
 
for 2/3 of the time, flipped the carpet a couple of times, changed to clear  
water for the remaining time, put it on a green garbage bag for the ride home.  
At home it lay in sun (great dry day) and by evening it was almost dry. Hung 
it  by the oil furnace overnight (it heats all the house water) and this 
morning the  curse was gone. Still a tiny, tiny bit "oily?" to the touch but I 
can 
try other  things now that it is essentially OK.
 
Thanks all.
 
Jim  Armstrong
rollright@aol.com
Mk1A  #382002083







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