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Re: [FOT] Modern brake fluid/rebuilt Triumph components

To: BOB KRAMER <rkramer3@austin.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [FOT] Modern brake fluid/rebuilt Triumph components
From: Bill Babcock <BillB@bnj.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 08:22:46 -1000
Not really. When you open a bottle and use half of it you're filling  
1/2 the volume with moist air. That's enough. And yes, the fluid in  
your M/C gets even more water in it, which is why frequent flushes  
are necessary to maintain optimum boiling point and brake performance.

Try this experiment some time. Drive your car for ten laps at a track  
you're familiar with using brake fluid that has been in the car for  
more than one race weekend. Do laps three through ten at racing  
speed. Note your braking performance. Come into the pits, thoroughly  
flush your fluid with LMA or your favorite flavor and change NOTHING  
else. Do ten more laps and see if you can tell the difference in  
braking. You'll be shocked. It's not a small difference. It's a huge  
difference.

On Jun 6, 2006, at 1:51 PM, BOB KRAMER wrote:

> I accept the premise that quart cans increase the risk, but isn't  
> that stout plastic bottle moisture resistant? The bottles have to  
> be better than the caps on the TR master cylinders.
> Bob Kramer
> rkramer3@austin.rr.com
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Schumacher"  
> <tedtsimx@bright.net>
> To: "Tony Drews" <tony@tonydrews.com>
> Cc: "Guy Morter" <guy@shadyladylighting.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 5:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [FOT] Modern brake fluid/rebuilt Triumph components
>
>
>> We stock it in pint cans.  Quart cans are a waste since it will  
>> draw some moisture before you ever use up the uart.  $3/pt. Ted
>>
>> Tony Drews wrote:
>>
>>> Castrol LMA.  Has a very high boiling point, doesn't cost a  
>>> fortune (if you can find it).
>>>
>>> - Tony
>>>
>>> At 04:08 PM 6/5/2006, Guy Morter wrote:
>>>
>>>> What the heck is LMA?
>>>> Guy
>>>>
>>>> Guy Morter V.P.
>>>> Shady Lady Lighting
>>>> 1350 14th Ave
>>>> Grafton, WI 53024
>>>> (262) 377 6848
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   Does anyone know why my local parts stores no longer carry LMA?
>>>>
>>>> Chicago area.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> -- 
>> Ted Schumacher
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