ok - ok i'm guilty! rebuilt my bugeye back in 90-91. re-did evrything new
lines and new seals new hoses. filled systen with silicone fluid and not 1
hydraulic problem since. all i do is take out and run a hillclimb or two
evry year and trailer it out to fall hershey evry fall. it gets a serious
work out at hillclimbs. no hydraulic failures!
chuck.
----- Original Message -----
From George Procyshyn <geopro at cyberdrive.net>
To: <IfixMGs@aol.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 8:08 PM
Subject: Re: Brake master cylinder Continued
> Mark
> You make good points, and it's funny how these things vary between cars.
> I'd bet a lot of it has to do with how they're stored, and in what part of
> the country. I'm just getting ready to sell a TF1500. Soon I'll take it
> out of 3 year careful storage to get it ready and feel VERY grateful to a
> generous higher being if I don't have to rebuild anything wet.
>
> Bet if we asked for a show of hands, there are as many here that have
> yearly hydraulic problems as those who don't.
>
> Take care of that ZB!
> Regards
> George Procyshyn
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <IfixMGs@aol.com>
> To: <geopro@cyberdrive.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 2:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Brake master cylinder Continued
>
>
> > George,
> > ordinarily, I'd agree,in fact, aside from brake fluid and 5k oil
> > changes, fixing ANYTHING that ain't broke is overkil.... but my 57 ZB
> > Magnette has a detailed maintenance record from day one, including a 35
> year
> > history of annual fluid changes (the good doc had the car taken to the
> > Atlanta dealer every year for a thorough check up and a local station
did
> > 1000 mile oil changes with alternating filter changes, as was the custom
> > then), and NO record of any brake or clutch hydraulic components ever
> > failing.... And most of that time was when Lockheed English was a rather
> > scarce commodity in rural Georgia..... I pulled some wheel cyls and the
> > clutch slave while changing hoses 2 years ago, and the bores looked
> brand
> > new! Not bad for a car with 60,000 miles.
> > Mark Childers Union Jack Spares VA Beach VA
>
>
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