Re: Changing Brake Fluid

[bill wessel <bwessel@itis.com>]

>Hello fellow roadster owners, I have a '67 1600 but haven't changed
>brake fluids since new brakes were installed 4 years ago.  Barely drive
>the car 500 miles a year.  How often should the brakes be bled and fluid
>replaced?  Thanks, Steve

Well for racing, any time you feel the brakes go "soft". As a general rule,
I'd bleed them once a season minimum.

For a street car, it's once every two years, the same frequency as you
should change the coolant.

Bill Wessel
Madison, WI
'68 1600 and
GP race car