Charles Christ wrote:
>
> 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!
Like chuck, I use silicone in the A40, I did loose brakes last weekend
but only due to a leaky brake pressure switch.
Not to start the silicone/DOT 4 thread again but I find the stuff great.
It bleeds like dot 4, I have no problems with the tiny bubbles, the
pedal is firm, and the brakes work fine (as long as there is fluid in
the master that is)
A good friend has had it in his Healey for 15 years now, never a
problem.
On the other hand, PIECES goes thru a master cylinder a year. It runs
dot 4.
My bugeye has never had a firm brake pedal, it too uses dot 4.
All cars have everything new.
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Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
Down to only 3 Sprites, 1 Midget and an A40 Farina
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