Re: Brake Fluid

[Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>]

I'm a DOT 4 user, only because it has one number
higher than DOT 3 so it must be better :̃  But DOT 5
is bad bad bad, so I hear, for street cars.

Lisle is the company (among many others) that make the
little check-valve type self-bleeders that attach to
the bleed nipple.  But they require pumping of the
brake pedal which is certainly a most crude and vulgar
approach.  Cheapass Ron® products are, if nothing
else, elegant.  In particular, Cheapass Ron®'s bleeder
is a wonderful thing indeed, and well worth
duplicating and improving upon, with the stipulation
that improvements are posted to the list, hoping that
Our Pal Brett can then add it to the tech articles for
all to see and share.  Note though that any additions
to Cheapass Ron®'s bleeder are bound (by definition)
to be like the Israeli's with the F18...they can add
rearview mirrors, which are nice, but they cain't
build 'em from scratch.

Whoever it was that posted and said use what DOT 4 is
on sale and flush 'em once a year was dead on the
mark.  JFDI.  Use fresh fluid, not stuff in your
cupboard.

Ron
Having recently read another Mark Twain short story,
for the umpteenth time...do it show?
ADD has it's benefits!
 
--- T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com> wrote:
> Christopher Michael Boggs wrote:
> > 
> >   I am going to flush my brakes sometime in the
> near future, and would
> > like to know what is the best brake fluid to use.
> My car is an '88 16v
> > 
> > Chris
> 
> And I'd add-
> 
> DOT 4 is what I've been sticking with, most FLAPS
> have DOT 3 on sale. 
> 
> Besides Cheap_Ass_Ron's (tm) Pressurized brake
> bleeder I found a really
> simple one on sale at my really flaps, it's made by
> those same guys that
> have the red blister packs and sell the triple
> square tools we sometimes
> need, and I cant remember the name, but it consists
> of a rubber tube
> with a check valve on the end and another short tube
> section on the
> other side of it, you put it on the bleeder valve,
> open, pump and with
> the check valve end in a waste container you can do
> the job one person
> style, he said in one long run on sentence. :]
> 
> TBerk
> 
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