From: GOTAM35 (gotam35@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jun 24 2002 - 11:16:53 PDT
A mechanic friend of mine gave me this advice:
Do not mix dot 5 with anything else. If you mix the silicone fluid with the
non-silicon it will destroy the rubber in the system.
I read somewhere that one is water soluble and the other is not. I took
some dot 3 and poured water in it and water dissolved in the fluid. The two
became one. I took some of the fluid that I bled out of my m35 and poured
water in it. The water sank to the bottom and didn't mix with the fluid. It
looked water in gas. I concluded my M35 has silicone fluid.
I don't know if my experiment was conclusive, but I could tell there was a
definite difference between the dot 3 and what was in my truck. I trust my
mechanic friend so I'm going to be careful not to mix the fluids. Hopefully
there is a mechanic among us that can shed some further light on this.
Joe Trapp
67 Kaiser M35
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Thomas" <pt@jaxkneppers.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 24, 2002 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M151A2 wheel cylinders
> > But do NOT mix it with any DOT 4 or below!
>
> I've a different vehicle ( 1953 M35 ) but a similar question. I do not
know
> what type of brake fluid was in the system. What is the 'best' DOT to
use?
> Would simply bleeding the brakes all around 2 or 3 times take care of any
> possibility of contamination IF a different/non mixable fluid were used
> previously?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
> MVPA# 24986
>
>
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