[Spridgets] Swapping silicone for dot 3

[Howard Collins]

For a car that has freshly rebuilt  calipers, new rear pistons, master, slave and hoses, what method should be used to eradicate and cleanse all of the existing hard lines of any remaining traces of Dot 3 before switching over to Silicone?

Howard 

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> On Apr 22, 2018, at 4:20 PM, chuck christ sr via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I run silicone fluid in the race cars and all my restorations. 
> It took over 20 years for my bugeye to get a damp rear wheel cylinder with silicone fluid.  Before that my bugeye had hydraulic failures of one type or another about every 10 months to a year!
> And!  Upon inspection of the failed wheel cylinder, the bore was perfect, the seal developed a tiny scratch in it's seal area.
> And YES IF YOU CHANGE FROM DOT3 TO SILICONE a complete rebuild is 100% recommended.  DOT 3 swells seals slightly snd changing from DOT3 to silicone Will result in a leak / failure somewhere.  
> Chuck
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> On Sunday, April 22, 2018 Bob Kitterer via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> First there are to items to keep in mind, Silicon and Dot 3 are not compatible and the brakes are the most important item on your car that needs to always function.
> 
> With that in mind when converting either way do a complete hydraulic system rebuild.  Tear everything apart, replace all the seals, and flex lines.  Clean the metal parts throughly in alcohol as well as flushing all the lines.  Being sure to do the clutch hydraulics also.
> 
> My 2 cents, I run silicon brake fluid.
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> On Apr 21, 2018, at 7:58 PM, Rick Fisk via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> I've never done the switch, but I've read that you have to do a very thorough flush to remove all traces of the old fluid.
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> On Apr 21, 2018, at 1:57 PM, Ryan via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Want to replace the brake fluid from the previous owners silicone to dot 3. Anything I should know about swapping?
> Ryan 
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