Re: DOT 5 (no Audi content)

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Janet Scruggs <scruggs@mbay.net>
Date: Saturday, February 07, 1998 2:11 PM
Subject: DOT 5
[snip]
>Comments regarding the use of DOT 5, silicone based, brake fluid have been
>universally negative and offered without reason. Like every product we use
>it has strengths and limitations and within it's boundaries the DOT 5 works
>quite well.  I first used it about 1976 in my '67 Rover 2000TC in an effort
>to improve the life of an otherwise maintenance intensive system.  DOT 5
>worked great and, from my experience, _is_ compatible with DOT 4.  I
>stopped using it due to it's expense and my returning to school.
[snip]
>Regards, Gross Scruggs
>'87 5kCSq, Ate Super Blue
>
>
    My gosh, a '67 Rover 2000TC! I owned one of those - it was an
engineering marvel, marred only by the corrosion-prone brake system and the
electrics by Lucas, prince of darkness. I solved the brake problem by
machining out the caliper bores and inserting stainless sleeves. Darn, I
never even considered DOT 5 fluid...

Fred Munro
'91 200q