Barry,
This is very interesting, and something I've not heard previously. Is
it just a matter of Dot 4 versus Dot 3, or is it the Girling brand in
particular? It might explain the recent Clutch Hydraulic failure on my
wife's Dolomite,
Cheers,
Bill.
Barry Schwartz wrote:
>
> >I've been told that the Stag requires that you use only Girling brake
> >fluid or the seals will give out. Since this is a Lockheed brake
> system
> >with nothing special about it that I can see, I find this hard to
> >believe, especially since none of my manuals say anything in
> particular
> >about it.
> *****************************************
> This is true of all BL cars of pre 80's vintage. This had to do with
> the
> material used in the seals of the brake components. They *were* made
> of
> natural rubber and as such REQUIRED the use of Girling Dot 4 brack
> fluid.
> If you used anything less than your seals WOULD swell incorrectly and
> fail
> within a short period. If you can verify that all the seals in your
> system
> are synthic rubber and not natural rubber, then it would be safe to
> use Dot
> 3, but unless there is a problem getting Girling Dot 4 (shouldn't be,
> every
> auto store I've been in, and even some stores like K-Mart, and Target
> carry it. It's not much more than Dot 3) then why take a chance?
>
> Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
>
> 72 V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> 70 Spitfire (long term project)
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