In a message dated 96-05-17 21:54:33 EDT, you write:
> PS Does anyone out there remember hearing that only Castrol brake
>fluid should be used with British-made rubber parts such as clutch op-
>erating cylinders, due to some incompatability of their o-rings & seals
>and common US-made brake fluid?? That's in the back of my mind from
>somewhere, don't know if it's true now, or ever was.
That was the story I heard from dealer parts guys from at least 1965, when I
bought my first TR-3's. Girling and Lockheed supposedly used natural rubber,
while US manufacturers used neoprene. I wonder if it was true even in '65,
or a carry-over from the immediate postwar days...
-Karl
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