[Fot] Brake Fluid.

[Bill]

Or avoid the stuff like the plague and change your fluid fairly frequently. On race cars it seems you wind up bleeding brakes a lot, so it’s pretty automatic, but street cars might be worth it. Might. Not for me, but that’s a simple choice. 


> On Jun 24, 2017, at 8:34 AM, J.C. Hassall via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> The trick to avoid the bubbles is pour it down a rod.  Think high school chemistry class stirring rods.
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> jim
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> On Sat, Jun 24, 2017 at 4:49 AM, Phil Ethier via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
> Truth. DOT 5 silicone has more tiny bubbles than a Don Ho wine spritzer. 
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> On Jun 23, 2017, at 3:11 PM, Brian Schirano via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> by "good vintage feel" do you mean a soft pedal? I went from DOT4 regular to DOT 5 synthetic and always felt like the brakes needed bleeding. went back to DOT 4 ATE Gold type 200
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>> On Friday, June 23, 2017, 2:08:40 PM EDT, Henry Morrison via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>> wrote:
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>> I have had good luck with Valvoline synthetic from the Zone.
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>> But to get a good vintage feel in a certain white TR3, I gotta recommend Silicone!
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>> From: Fot <fot-bounces at autox.team.net <mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net>> on behalf of Terry Stetler via Fot <fot at autox.team.net <mailto:fot at autox.team.net>>
>> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:11 PM
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>> Subject: [Fot] Brake Fluid.
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>> Amici,
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>> I know this is likely to be a very big can of worms, but, I’m looking to find out if the Motul 600 brake fluid plays nice with our Girling brake components.
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>> I used Motul years ago in my Honda CRX track day car, and found it to work very well, but this is no longer the late 80’s, and I am needing it to work in a certain white TR 3.
>> Any experiences, either positive or negative from our august group?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Terry Stetler
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