Re: Right brake fluid to use for '62 Sprite?

["A. B. Bonds" <ab@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>]

In <199610111354.IAA05870@mailhost.cyberramp.net>, John P. Quinn wrote:
>OK, I just bought a '62 Sprite that has '72 Midget front disk brakes on it.
>
>What is the right type or best type of brake fluid to use?  Silicon?  Dot5?
>Combo of both?
>
DOT5 is silicon.  (1) Find out what is in it in the first place.  (2)
Use that.  (3) If you want to change from one DOT type (e.g., DOT4
to DOT5) to the other, the system should be flushed and rebuilt
totally (hoses, rubber).

                        A. B. Bonds