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Re: TR6 brake hydraulics (rather wordy)

Subject: Re: TR6 brake hydraulics (rather wordy)
From: Randall Young <randallyoung@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 06:48:18 -0700
Cc: Triumphs@autox.team.net
References: <20010506.060158.-84009.1.jay_welch@juno.com>
jay_welch@juno.com wrote:
> He offered a different reason not to use
> the DOT 5 - if you were on the road and had a brake failure, it can be
> difficult to find the DOT 5. 

If all else fails, you just fill up with glycol.  It's fully
compatible.  Besides, DOT 5.1 is not any easier to find than DOT 5.

> I would also imagine that many bubbles
> would be generated in the spare DOT 5 bottle bouncing around in the trunk
> of the TR.

Not enough to worry about.  I keep a small bottle of DOT 5 in the trunk
of my TR3A, I've never seen any indication it has bubbles in it.

Randall
59 TR3A daily driver

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