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[TR] RE: DOT 3/4 vs. Dot 5

To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] RE: DOT 3/4 vs. Dot 5
From: "Frank & Sandy Crowe" <thecrowes@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 May 2007 13:02:38 +0000
FYI:  Previous owner rebuilt our TR3 in about 1990 with DOT 5.  I've owned 
it for about 7 years.  No problems since, still works great, but it doesn't 
get a hugh amount of driving, even less spirited.

I have heard though that you want to handle DOT 5 carefully (not shaken or 
stired) and poured slowly using a rod or screwdriver on the lip of the can 
so that the fluid flows into the resevoir without creating any bubbles.  Any 
microscopic bubbles in the fluid will affect brake performance.  Bubbles do 
not settle out of DOT 5 as readily at DOT 3/4.

Frank ('59 TR3, '54 Swollow Doretti)


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