Allen,
You should flush the lines carefully. Drain all the DOT3/4, then
flush/bleed the lines with denatured (ethyl) alcohol, then blow
clean, dry air through the lines. I'd do this 2-3 times, or until the
flushed alcohol is perfectly clear, then blow air through for 30
minutes or so to dry thoroughly.
Here is some info in SBF:
http://www.automec.co.uk/frame_set.html
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: lubricants
> Thanks for the several replies on this thread
>
> If I should go to the silicone brake fluid, how do you convert from
> conventional fluid to silicone? The reservoir is empty, but I have regular
> brake fluid in the lines. Can you just displace the DOT3/4 by filling and
> bleeding in the correct order until you've cylced through a certain amount of
> new silicone fluid? Or do you have to flush out the lines?
>
> Allen Miller
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