| blarge | -- 12-18-2012 @ 6:06 PM |
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I intend to switch over to use silicon fliud in a 1948 Ford. I will put in all new rubber lines and wheel cyl and a new master cyl too. What material should I use to flush the old fluid out of the lines? The steel lines were new 15 years ago and are in good shape. Thanks, Bill Large
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| 40cpe | -- 12-18-2012 @ 8:16 PM |
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I blew mine with compressed air, stopped up one end and poured rubbing alcohol into the lines. Let them soak for a few minutes and then drained and blew with compressed air throughly again. No problems in 25+ years.
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| tommorookian | -- 12-19-2012 @ 2:49 AM |
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Alcohol is a good purge for DOT2,3,4 type fluids but don't use the drugstore variety. That is typically 70% ethanol and 30% water. You don't want any residual water EVER> Hardware store "Denatured Alcohol" read the label,it should be 99+% pure ethanol.
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| deuce_roadster | -- 12-19-2012 @ 8:34 AM |
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Since ethanol is a form of alcohol that can be imbibed, when sold in places like drug stores or hardware stores it has to be "denatured" or made unfit for human consumption. The usual additive is Methanol which is poisionous. A factoid from High School chemistry class. That is why denatured alcohol is always less then 100%. ( That same teacher also said "all alcohols, ethanol, isopropyl, methanol etc. are poison, some just work faster then the other!) Dot 3 brake fluid is something like 75+% alcohol. That is why it abosorbs water from the air. When new clean fluid is spilled on brake shoes it can be rinsed off with water and dried.
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