[Tigers] Clutch - DANG IT!!!!!

[MWood24020 at aol.com]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but for most hydraulic clutch systems, 
 DOT 3 is your best bet...at least according to the transmission experts I 
know.  The thinking is DOT 3 has less of the additives which will permeate 
the o-rings  and cause them to swell. Once they swell, they are likely to 
roll in  friction and wear more quickly. 
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/22/2013 4:21:56 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
rfraser at bluefrog.com writes:

Jay
I have seen purple and yellow tint in Dot  5.  I think that is a
requirement for Dot 5 to have a  tint.

Yes, you need to go through the Master, the down  pipe and the Slave
to clear all the contaminated fluid from the  system.  I'm not sure if
alcohol will flush out Dot 5; it works with  the glycol based brake fluids.
You may need to use lacquer thinner or  BrakeKleen to flush the Dot 5.
Inspect all the parts and rebuild.   

Ron Fraser

-----Original Message-----
From:  tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On  Behalf Of Jay Laifman
Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 11:19 PM
To: Tiger's  Den
Subject: [Tigers] Clutch - DANG IT!!!!!


I just did a search  in the archives and found that my dad did put DOT 5 in
the  clutch.

Ok, so what do I do?  Rebuild the master and  clutch?
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