- 1. [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: "Bob Johnson" <robert.w.johnson@charter.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:24:46 -0400
- Having been a car buff since the 50's, I had never heard of changing your brake fluid. That was a surprise when Rich explained it so well 2 days ago. Then, yesterday, my new Family Handyman magazine
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- 2. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Russell <rusd@sitestar.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:05:09 -0600
- I believe you are talking about "FASCAR". You can read more about it here. http://www.brakestrips.net/tech_myth_stopper.htm http://brakefluidtest.com/news/specialreports/map-standards-and-guideli.sh
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:31:13 -0700
- Guess I'm being nit-picky today, but this page http://brakefluidtest.com/news/specialreports/map-standards-and-guideli.shtml refers to Dot 5.1 as "silicone.'' I don't believe Dot 5.1 BF is silicone (
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- 4. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: John Sims <ahbn6@optonline.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:18:02 -0400
- Not that this is gospel but since I think that I started this thread: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOT_5.1 John Sims, BN6 Aberdeen, NJ www.healey6.com --Original Message-- From: healeys-bounces+ahbn6
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- 5. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: Dave Russell <rusd@sitestar.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:30:38 -0600
- Hi Bob, I just replied to Bob Johnson's question. Personally, I don't worry about brake fluid contamination or water content. Never had a problem by not regularly changing fluid. Tried the FASCAR tes
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- 6. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:01:32 -0700
- bob, since generally the water in the brake fluid would settle out at the lowest points in the system, i.e., the brake cylinders or calipers, would the strips do a good enough job of testing. even in
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:42:53 -0700
- Hi Dave, re: "I am certain that it (FASCAR) IS geared toward selling more brake system flushes which are profitable to commercial shops. " No kidding: http://www.brakestrips.net/copper_to_gold.htm bs
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- 8. Re: [Healeys] Brake Fluid Who Knew? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 06:16:20 -0700
- I was wondering ... These strips supposedly detect copper levels produced by the degeneration of copper lining in steel brake lines (I had no idea steel brake lines were copper-lined, anybody here kn
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