[Spridgets] No Castrol DOT 3 available : (

[Bob Kitterer]

Linda,

Silicone (DOT 5) WILL NOT MIX with other brake fluids.  Perhaps you meant synthetic (DOT 4) which will mix with Dot 3.  

Silicone does not trap water like DOT 3 but is harder to bleed as it will trap air.  I have used silicone for about 20 years but only because it does not eat paint the way other brake fluids do.  It also has a softer pedal feel than DOT 3 and I assume DOT 4 with which I have no experience.

Bob  Kitterer

1960 Austin Healey Sprite (Mk IV in disguise)
1966 Austin Healey Sprite Mk III (Trevor) - still in boxes
2013 Miata

Pay it Forward
Thanks Frank


> On Jun 24, 2019, at 2:07 AM, Linda Grunthaner via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
> 
> Wow Bob, they seem like a one way valve, is that how they work?
> I have decided to replace everything that as rubber as this color of fluid and now looking at the bottom of the vac unit black particles. I will add these valves and after I replace the master cylinder, both wheel cylinders and all 3 hoses I'll use the silicone brake fluid as it will keep the system water free here is wet New Jersey. I'm trying to reach Peter Calldwell now at World Wide Auto Parts.
> 
> See image attached.
> Thanks for your help,
> Linda
> 
> 62 California Sprite "Pinky
> 
>> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 8:43 PM Bob Spruck <raspruck at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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