If I follow your line of reasoning the U S Army Mechanics are idiots = for I
have M35 direct from DRMO that will not have brakes one time and will the
next --No leaks, Master cylinder full, just one time you get in truck and
pedal goes to floor next time is as it should be --- some times "next time"
is two hours or maybe two days or even two weeks.
Went to military base to Motor Pool talked to 7 fellows in motor pool,
they ALL, even motor pool Sgt. and Captain that was over the pool, and
civilians that work in pool ---- drain Silicone out blow lines dry, run DOT
through system drain blow dry again --- this means take all wheel cylinders
and master cylinders apart, enough to empty them. he suggested that I put
alcohol through lines last time and use ether to blow them out. This will
get all the water out of lines.
And as for Synthetic Oil -= I worked for a Major oil company almost 15 years
and was responsible for several pieces of trucks and off road equipment --
they said DO NOT put synthetic in anything.
My qualifications do not approach professional -- I just had to see that the
stuff would operate as it should
My .25 cents worth
>
> >Junk, Crap, DANGEROUS!
> >Silicone brake fluid AND synthetic oil find every
> >possible escape route and exploit it.
> > If silicone brake fluid causes low pedal, no pedal, leaks, etc., why
> >would anyone on Earth
> >want to use it? Brakes HAVE TO BE RELIABLE! Corrosion to parts is
> >secondary!!!
> > Synthetic oil is only slightly better than silicone
> >brake fluid. It seems to just weep out of ever=y pore of an older
> >engine.
> > Silicone brake fluid not only doesn't allow the
> >rubber cups or seals to expand the correct amount, it will leak right
> >out of formerly leak free
> >combination valves. master cylinders,etc.
> > Synthetic oil CAN BE mixed with regular oil in
> >order to achieve most of the benefits without
> >the leak problems. One quart per five.
> > I can't think of a use for silicone brake fluid.
> >Just use regular brake fluid and bleed the system once in awhile.
> > Don't EVEN get me started on stainless steel
> >brake lines or "quickie" one wire alternator
> >conversions.
> >Don Kenyon ASE Certified Master Technician,
> >L-1, California Enhanced Smog License
> >'39 Ford 115th Quartermaster (National Guard)
> >Contact Truck
> >
> >
>
> Silicone brake fluid,synthetic oils,stainless steel brake lines and one
wire
> alternaters aren't crap,junk or dangerous.Idiots who don't use them for
what
> they were originally engineered for are the dangerous ones.People who
think
> they are smarter than the next guy or people who don't take the time to do
> the right research or ask the right questions are the dangerous ones.
> If you think that you can take your vehicle and install the above without
> correcting anything else or upgrading what needs to be to make things work
> properly than you are a fool.
> I am a mechanic by trade for 20 years with Aeronautical and Mechanical
> engineering education.I didn't have the money to finish school and never
> went back but I did keep up the education on my own time and as coin would
> allow.
> If it's one thing I have learned and it wasn't from any school-it's that
> most people think they know better when they really don't.As one good
friend
> of mine said'They know JUST enough about mechanics to be DANGEROUS'
> Research is cheap,considering the alternative -is my moto
> Andre
>
>
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