- 1. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 13:29:52 -0800
- STOP STOP STOP! DON'T USE THE SILICONE FLUID UNTIL YOU HAVE READ THIS! I rebuilt my '69 Midget practically from the ground up (mechanically that is...the body is still a little rough) I put in a new
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00630.html (10,940 bytes)
- 2. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 07:19:18 -0500
- I have seen this conversation before. Some people sing silicone's praises (myself among them), others relate horror stories. I don't get it. What's the difference? Any chance we can correlate the fin
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00637.html (10,218 bytes)
- 3. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 08:26:33 -0800
- My experience involved puting silicone fluid into a fresh system. No other brake fluid had ever been run in it. The calipers were rebuilt by a guy who I think is in Sacramento, so I don't know what h
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00638.html (9,196 bytes)
- 4. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Heather & Joe Way <sierrasa@psln.com>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 08:54:39 -0800
- -- Very good questions, Chris. I get involved in it a lot because of my job. There are some old answers, some vague answers and some solid ones. When silicone fluid first came out, it was pretty pure
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00639.html (14,517 bytes)
- 5. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 09:20:41 -0800
- I got the stuff Moss was selling not more than a couple years ago. Both leaked. Strangely, the wheel cylinders ('factory' rebuilt) have shown no signs of leaking. I don't know if the calipers were s
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00640.html (9,483 bytes)
- 6. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 10:20:54 -0800 (PST)
- <snip> It is great to have experts in certain fields on the list who can shed light on some very common questions. I really appreciate that. That leaves only one question unanswered, why is it more p
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00641.html (9,086 bytes)
- 7. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 13:21:04 -0500
- Interesting. My car certainly is no "trailer dolly" (22,000+ miles in the past 3 years), and I've been running silicone brake fluid for the past 2 years with no problems. No unusual fade, no soft ped
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00642.html (15,929 bytes)
- 8. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: "Ron Soave" <redlotus@spacey.net>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 17:52:00 -0500
- I thought Mercedes used DOT5 as OE, but Joe made me look and it's Dot4+. What does the "plus" designate?
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00646.html (8,242 bytes)
- 9. Re: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Christopher Palmer <ctp@gbn.org>
- Date: Tue, 30 Dec 1997 16:50:25 -0800
- 5 extra dollars per pint ;->
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00651.html (8,639 bytes)
- 10. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 07:15:19 -0500
- If I remember correctly it indicates a higher boiling point than DOT4, but not quite as high as DOT5. On Tuesday, December 30, 1997 7:50 PM, Christopher Palmer [SMTP:ctp@gbn.org] wrote:
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00656.html (8,471 bytes)
- 11. RE: Silicon switch-over DON'T DO IT!!! (score: 1)
- Author: Brian Evans <brian@uunet.ca>
- Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 08:22:42 -0500
- As a racer, I don't know of anyone who uses silicon fluid. I use normal 550deg fuild from the local store - nothing special, and I change it every two seasons and bleed every couple of races. When I
- /html/spridgets/1997-12/msg00657.html (8,760 bytes)
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