Fortunately for me, I flushed the system *before*
attaching the new wheel cylinders and master cylinder.
:-)
Really though, if there had been DOT 3 in the brake
system and you desire to convert to BFS (Silicone
stuff known as DOT 5 in the US...see
http://http.tamu.edu/~tmb9855/bfs.jpg for
verification), it would be a good idea to install new
wheel cylinders and master cylinder anyway. If you
flush before installing these, no damage to the new
components. That's what I did and it worked great.
Cheers!
T. Bloxom
--- "J. Forster" <jfor@onemain.com> wrote:
> There are three common alcohol products that are
> being confused here. They are
> ethyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, and denatured
> alcohol.
>
> Ethyl alcohol is booze, and as such is taxed. It's
> vapors can also get you
> drunk. You can but it at a liquer store, somewhat
> diluted with water, as Vodka.
>
> Methyl alcohol is also called wood alcohol or
> methylated spirits. It is NOT
> drinkable and is, in fact, VERY TOXIC and causes
> blindness, among other things.
> It's vapor is somewhat toxic also. This stuff is
> avalable at chemical supply
> houses and from solvent dealers. It may require some
> forms and waste tracking.
>
> Denatured alcohol is a mixture of about 83% ethyl,
> 16% methyl, and a few other
> nasties, such as Ethyl Acetate and Methyl Ethyl
> Ketone (MEK). See:
>
http://www.syndel.com/msds/denatured_ethanol_msds.html
> The added stuff is to
> make it undrinkable and are very difficult to remove
> to make drinkable stuff.
> It is available at hardware stores and places like
> Home Depot for $8 +/- a
> gallon.
>
> Any one of the three above will burn (be carefull)
> and can be used as fuel as
> described below. They burn to essentially CO2 and
> water.
>
> > > Gosh; what I call methylated spirits - wood
> alcohol,
> > > highly miscible with
> > > water and used for pre-heating kerosene pressure
> > > lamps, as anti-freeze in
> > > screen wash water, up-market
> cook-it-at-the-table
> > > restaurant burner things,
> > > tiny model steam engine heaters and a general
> > > solvent, to be had in every
> > > hardware store. How ever do you get by without
> it ?
>
> Hope this helps. I don't know if the denatured stuff
> is OK to use in brake
> systems because of the other additives used to
> denature it might attack rubber
> parts such as seals.
>
> Take care,
> John
>
>
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