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RE: brake fluid

To: "'Eric K.'" <tr3a@xs4all.nl>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>, <jmaher0343@bresnan.net>
Subject: RE: brake fluid
From: "Glenn Coughenour" <gecoughenour@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 17:44:26 -0500
" DOT 3 and DOT 4 are basically the same stuff: glycol-based brake
fluid."

DOT 3 & 4 brake fluids are actually glycol ether based, which is why the
eat paint.  The raw material is a byproduct from a process to make
solvents used in many paint formulations as well as other products.

Glenn C
1959 TR3A TS31684L [in total frame up restoration]
1960 TR3A TS64803L [driving, but needs work]





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