At 09:56 AM 12/21/02 -0500, Greg Schluge wrote:
>I have not done the conversion to dot-5 on any of my projects. Still using
>dot-4. I think that most of the trouble with breaking systems on spits is
>because fluids are not changed on a regualr basis. I believe dot 4
>replacement is recommended every 2-4 years. I have a 76 rolling restoratoin
>that I just bled 2 pints of dot 4 through to flush it out and have been
>driving it for 3 years now with no trouble.
ALL cars using conventional brake fluids should have their braking
systems flushed every 2 or 3 years!
Put some speed bleeders (TM) on your Spit, and you can flush
the system in about 15 minutes!
Doug Braun
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