[Healeys] brake fluid(again)

[Alan Seigrist]

Jim -

"Synthetic" Dot 3 or 4 is fine, it is the same old stuff, just rebranded.

"Silicone" Dot 5 is what you need to be careful of.

Very confusing, I know!

Alan

On 5/6/10, healeymanjim at hansencc.net <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:
> just rebuilt a servo in a club members bj8.  i now realize that the only
> brake flluid i have is synthetic, which is all that is available. this car
> has never had any of the brake or clutch parts rebuilt to her knowledge and
> she has owned it since picking it up at the factory in 1965.  is this new
> brake fluid going to eat up all the old rubber, which i assume is natural
> rubber and not compatable with anything but the old castrol or lockheed type
> fluid?  i guess i can warn her to beware, but sure would hate for her to
> lose her brakes again.  anyone up on all this?   hjim
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Alan

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