[Healeys] Silicone DOT5 brakefluid for the 100

[Guy R Day]

Tom,
I'm with Kees Oudesluys on this.  You are a lucky guy, 'cause in all other 
cars where I have seen the results of mixed fluids the rubber swells, goes 
very soft and wrinkles because of the swelling.  It will wear, score and 
even stick on the bores of  the cylinders.  The brakes fail when you are 
pressing the brake pedal.  Normally they will fail when you are pressing 
harder than usual, just when you need your brakes more than usual.
However, if it has worked for you, keep on praying to the same God you've 
been praying to for years.  btw.  Which God is it? - I'll convert.... 
<smile>

Guy R Day



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts at windstream.net>
To: "Thomas Willig" <twillig at ruda.de>; "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs at chello.nl>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: [SPAM] Re: [Healeys] Silicone DOT5 brakefluid for the 100


> ???????   Why is this true for the 100 and not other versions?  What is 
> different about the rubber components in the 100?  I put DOT 5 in my BJ8 
> and E-Type years ago and did nothing beforehand with the components.  Not 
> a leak or brake problem since.
>
> tom
>
> ---- Oudesluys <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
>
> =============
> Replace all rubber parts. Effectively rebuilt all your wheel cilinders,
> callipers, master brake cilinder using new seals and renew/replace the
> rubber brake hoses, preferrably with Teflon SS braiding items from eg
> Goodridge.
> Kees Oudesluijs
> NL
>
> Thomas Willig schreef:
>> Some years ago there was a discussion whether to use DOT 5 brake fluid
>> in the 100 or not. As far as I understand you should make some
>> modifications to the brake master cylinder when using DOT 5 fluid. Can
>> anybody tell me precisely what these modifications were?.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Thomas Willig
>> _______________________________________________