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RE: Wanted: brake fluid safe sealant

To: "'tr3driver@comcast.net'" <tr3driver@comcast.net>, triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Wanted: brake fluid safe sealant
From: "McEwen, Art" <Art.McEwen@moh.gov.on.ca>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:05:39 -0400
>> I can probably make a new gasket out of blank rubber but I'll probably 
>> get a better seal with some sort of gasket-in-a-tube,  I'm running 
>> DOT5 silicone fluid so would a silicone based compound be safe?

>Personally, I wouldn't do it, Art.  Silicone "form a gasket" is famous for
>forming strings inside things (where it's squeezed out of the joint

Thanks Randall, I'll replace the existing rubber gasket.

Any thoughts on a few drops of lock-tite on the thread for the fitting that
goes thru the reservoir can?

Art.





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