Ok well everyone said it was going to happen, and well it did, my perfectly running car (minus the inoperable spedometer) has been given her first time out since I bought her. Semi-Short story: I lef
Author: Howard Allen <Howard.Allen@fairchildsemi.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 09:25:32 -0400
I am not sure, but you make it sound like you put 80W90 gear oil in the clutch reservoir. I hope I am misreading you here since brake fluid is used in the reservoir. The transmission oil is totally
Hi Chad, Whatever the cause, you will now need to rebuild the entire clutch hydraulics (there's not much to it) as you have contaminated the system with gear oil where you should have Brake/Clutch f
ummm no, thats exactly what I did.. guess thats an oops :) hah, well I figured it was something stupid to do, and for the most part knew something was not right. Well everyone must really realize now
/me pulls the trigger. well i guess the old addage really is true .. live and let learn .. or something like that.. as big of a bummer as this is, at least ill get to have some fun doing it. Though I
Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:35:44 -0400
This raises an interesting question: Why do brake systems need brake fluid? Other hydraulic systems (which also have pistons, rubber seals, etc.) use an oil-based fluid. Doug Braun '72 Spit
Author: Douglas Braun & Nadia Papakonstantinou <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:36:11 -0400
This raises an interesting question: Why do brake systems need brake fluid? Other hydraulic systems (which also have pistons, rubber seals, etc.) use an oil-based fluid. Doug Braun '72 Spit
Author: Howard Allen <Howard.Allen@fairchildsemi.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 10:46:55 -0400
Well I am certainly not an expert in the field, but I think it depends on the type of rubber that is used in the seals. For example, I once made the mistake of putting DOT3 into a system requiring DO
Mostly has to do with boiling point and chemical stability of the fluid. Motor oil seriously begins to break down at about 240F (115C;) lighter fractions evaporate at much lower temps than that. Brak
Author: Michael Hargreave Mawson <OC@46thFoot.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:39:00 +0100
This happened to me about ten days ago. Ohmigawd! Time for a complete strip, clean and rebuild of the Master and slave cylinders, and the pipe that connects them. :-( ...and is a nice mixture of clut