<VV> silicone brake fluid and "Bloody George" (humor?)

[Louis Armer]

Sounds like DonorJones should have saved some of that alcohol for 
medicinal purposes or
............................Called Dr. Package for some long term 
relief !!!<GGG>

FrontMan
DeckRug Enterprises
ULTRA Corvair Parts
Stopit, Tennessee & Hurricane WV
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At 11:25 PM 6/21/2007, you wrote:
>Whoa!
>
>Before you go changing types of brake fluid, you need to know more about
>what you're doing (no offense intended). You can't go mixing DOT 3 fluid
>(typically what you find in Corvair brake systems) with DOT 5 (silicone)
>fluid. I won't even get into the argument for or against either type, but I
>will say that you will, at a minimum, need to flush your current system with
>alcohol or some other chemical to remove any trace of the DOT 3 fluid.
>
>I won't even mention how I know this.
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>On 6/21/07, Melissa Layman <melissa_layman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>Ok, folks
>>Wheel cylinders are here.  Yay!  We've been told by several people that we
>>should use silicone brake fluid.  Do you drain out the old first?
>>Approximately how much will be need to fill the lines assuming that we do
>>purge them first.  Any special prep or precautions?
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>George Jones
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