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    5/10/2013 4:01 PM  #1

    MWM
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    Dot 5

    Can I purge the system with astringent alcohol or do I need to replace the cups, etc before adding dot 5?
    thanks

     

    5/10/2013 5:16 PM  #2

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    Re: Dot 5

    MWM wrote:

    Can I purge the system with astringent alcohol or do I need to replace the cups, etc before adding dot 5?
    thanks

    Poop Boys(and others) sell a brake flush. Just use that.
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    5/10/2013 5:40 PM  #3

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    Re: Dot 5

    Thanks 6sal6,
    currently everything is off the car, will bleed the front disc brakes.
    thanks

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    5/10/2013 7:56 PM  #4

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    Re: Dot 5

    Don;t do it !!! You will eventually regret the DOT 5 silicone stuff.

    Money you enjoy wasting is NOT wasted money... unless your wife finds out.
     

    5/10/2013 8:35 PM  #5

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    Re: Dot 5

    Agree with MS, run DOT3 OR DOT4, don't use DOT5. Check this link for a primer and then Google for more info:

    http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-papers/brake-fluid

    (Pinto!)
     

    5/10/2013 10:22 PM  #6

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    Re: Dot 5

    MustangSteve wrote:

    Don;t do it !!! You will eventually regret the DOT 5 silicone stuff.

    Why is that, MS?  I have had Dot 5 in my '65 convertible, with front discs and rear drums, since 1982.  Nary a problem and no fluid that will suck moisture out of the air and rust calipers and wheel cylinders.

    Also I do not get the 'spongyness' that I have heard is supposed to be one of the symptoms of using it.

     

    5/11/2013 2:34 PM  #7

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    Re: Dot 5

    I also disagree that you will regret using DOT 5.
     DOT 5 has been in my 68 with four wheel disk brakes for about four years and can vouch there is no sponge feeling or reduction in stopping force.
     The only reason not using DOT 5 is if you are racing where the lower numbers are required.

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    5/11/2013 3:49 PM  #8

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    Re: Dot 5

    Darn!  I thought driving my Fastback was racing, the Cobra rotors keep turning blue! Ain't no DOT 5 in there! It is great in hydraulic clutches though!

     

     

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