[Spridgets] No Castrol DOT 3 available : (

[Bob Spruck]

If you don't have a partner to help bleed the brakes, you ought to get a 
set of Speed Bleeders, per the attached:

Speed Bleeder sizes:

Clutch (all Spridgets)   3/8 x 24

Disc brakes 3/8 x 24

Front drum brakes 3/8 x 24

Rear brakes (1 piston 1/4 elliptical leaf springs) 3/8 x 24

Rear brakes (2 piston wheel cylinder, semi elliptical leaf springs) 1/4 x 28

Summit and many others have them. Do a Google search or call Spridget 
Mania, Winners Circle, World Wide Auto Parts, Little British Motor 
Company, etc.

Also, that jug of LMA sure looks old and dirty. Since brake fluid is 
hydroscopic (absorbs water) you might want to not use old, left over 
stuff. Store it with a piece of Saran Wrap under the cap. Keep the old 
stuff as a paint remover :)

Bob

'59 Bugeye
'72 Midget
'67 Midget Vintage Racer
6+ parts cars

On 6/23/2019 3:56 PM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets wrote:
> Hi Spridgiteers,
> I want to bleed my brakes but the stores or Amazon nolonger carries 
> Castrol GT LMA DOT3 brake fluid. I thought I had a few bottles left 
> but I was wrong and have her on stands patiently waiting for her 
> fluid. Yesterday I took her out for the first time and needed a little 
> more fluid before heading out. I only drove 8 blocks and while sitting 
> at a light the peddle went to the floor. I quickly pumped the brake 
> and it was fine to get home. I put her on stands in the driveway 
> getting ready to bleed as I suspected an air bubble but no store 
> carries Castrol GT LMA Dot 3 any more. Suggestions please. One of the 
> members on a Facebook Spridget group said to flush and add Castrol 
> DOT4 which is synthetic, he said I wouldn't need to replace the wheel 
> cylinders or the master cylinder I I did that but I am by myself and 
> use a stick to hold the peddle using a tube into fluid to prevent air, 
> I have a one handed blender but I couldn't get it to work properly. 
> Maybe I should look at a youtube.
>
> What would Frank say?
> Linda
> 62 California Sprite "Pinky"
>
>
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