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1. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:49:11 -0600; unless I'm REALLY pressing on the brakes. .... Is it possible to make the switch more sensitive or to fit the later type of pedal-actuated switch? There's not much you can do to make the switch more; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00793.html (9,908 bytes)
2. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "Mike Lishego" <mlishego@asheboro.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 21:25:54 -0500; I've noticed that too. My only guess is that the fluid darkens because of heat contamination; similar to automatic transmission fluid. I bet the small rubber bits may come from new parts getting to k; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00799.html (9,788 bytes)
3. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Skye Poier <skye@ffwd.com>; Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 18:42:18 -0800; I replaced the switch already, its brand new, same problem. Skye; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00803.html (8,367 bytes)
4. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:42:37 EST; << When the system was repacked I switched from silicone fluid to Casterol LMA DOT-4 fluid, just out of curiosity. Shortly thereafter the brake pressure switch failed. I wouldn't say that had anythin; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00812.html (10,687 bytes)
5. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:03:05 -0500; Please pardon the interruption. Knowing that all LBC fans are environmentally aware prompts me to share a recycling tip: save all the old DOT 3 & 4 brake and clutch fluid from your annual or semi-ann; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00814.html (12,036 bytes)
6. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:13:13 -0600; afterwards the fluid was pretty black with disolved and suspended rubber particles, .... >> the brake light switch to fail. .... Well, I'm wide open to speculation on this matter. I've seen many of t; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00816.html (12,269 bytes)
7. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:17:59 EST; << Knowing that all LBC fans are environmentally aware prompts me to share a recycling tip: save all the old DOT 3 & 4 brake and clutch fluid from your annual or semi-annual fluid purges. When the ti; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00817.html (9,286 bytes)
8. RE: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:38:29 -0800; Just to add to the furor. I have a friend with a 58 Ford Ranchero. He has been running silicone brake fluid in the beast for a long time. Guess what. He cannot keep hydraulic brake switches in it. He; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00820.html (9,450 bytes)
9. RE: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "Tony Woodruff" <tonyw@mailmedia.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 10:47:41 -0800; With silicone fluid there seems to be a lot of concerns, and for some reason evidence of a high failure rate. Would I still run silicone? Yep. <snip> Why? Forgive my ignorance, but why wouldn't you; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00821.html (8,954 bytes)
10. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 14:02:44 EST; << Yup, someone just sent me a copy of that memo. If it is of sufficient interest I could forward it to the list. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I only have a hard copy that another lister sent. I wo; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00823.html (10,078 bytes)
11. RE: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:12:20 -0800; My race car sat for 10 years with used silicone in it. The brakes are still usable. With that length of storage all kinds of nasty stuff would have been growing in the LMA, if it were still in the s; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00824.html (10,525 bytes)
12. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:21:59 -0500; Hi Allen, The brake fluid / paint remover will be easy to remove. being so very hydrophilic as it is; it will gladly be washed away with warm soapy water, leaving behind (no pun intended) the eternal; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00853.html (10,563 bytes)
13. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@APK.NET>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:37:57 -0500; I KNOW! I KNOW! Silicone stops the car without making it rust from the inside out. Isn't that better? Jim (The only thing better than silicone is Merlot); /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00855.html (9,707 bytes)
14. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@APK.NET>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:33:34 -0500; Silicone being a rather smallish and very slippery molecule, will find almost any way in or out of an enclosure. If the device was made for DOT 3 & 4, it may very well leak DOT 5. Silicone is contrai; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00856.html (10,723 bytes)
15. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 21:18:52 -0500; Hydrophobia is not a detraction of DOT 5, but a benefit. Can someone site an example of definitive research showing that water will pool in silicone? I don't think so! Try leaving some in an open gr; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00857.html (10,210 bytes)
16. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 20:41:10 -0800; Actually, I seem to recall that the knock on silicone is that it had a lower boiling point, and that with hard driving and disk brakes, it could potentially boil. Steam is highly compressible. For th; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00859.html (11,089 bytes)
17. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 23:34:02 -0600; unless you bleed it out every year. This is probably a smaller problem in the desert where hunidity is non-existent. I live in a fairly humid are near Chicago, Illinois, and I drive my MGA in all kin; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00860.html (12,908 bytes)
18. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: REwald9535@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 01:29:14 EST; I was in the parts business when silicone fluid first came out (early 80's) One of the concerns then was that air bubbles took longer to rise to the surface and "pop" leading to a possibility of dif; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00862.html (10,881 bytes)
19. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: "James H. Nazarian, Ph.D." <microdoc@apk.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:06:31 -0500; Hi Max, As I have understood, DOT 5 does have a lower boiling point than the other brake fluids. The difference is not great, and falls into the vicinity (I think) in excess of 400 F. Most amateur LB; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00872.html (12,192 bytes)
20. Re: Brake light switches AND fluid problems (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 10:50:48 EST; << Compressibility? Of a liquid? If such a thing could occur, I seriously doubt one could detect it with a foot. I respectfully suggest this is a myth. If the stuff is no good I'd appreciate some pro; /html/mgs/2000-02/msg00876.html (12,014 bytes)

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