BTW, conventional brake fluid is water-soluble. Thus, you can
clean out the parts with hot soapy water, and rinse them with denatured alcohol
to get rid of the leftover water.
Doug Braun
At 01:02 PM 12/13/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks to all who replied with help for my DPO DOT 3 dilema, I guess it's a
>been there/done that adventure I'm need to dive into asap. The black sludge
>is indeed DOT3-ized rubber from the DPO, not sure how long it was there? I'm
>picking up 2 rebuild kits in the morning and will remove the clutch and the
>salve cylinders and thoroughly clean with Acetone. I'll try some DOT 5 in it
>for a week and then drain it again and replace it entirely.
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