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On 5 Jun 2002, at 20:45, neil verdon wrote: > well my two year old front brake hoses are all craking up on the outside > im not keen on any part of my brakeing system being flaky like this and im not > impressed that after only two years they are this way > the rears look like old originals but still apear! ok. The external "cracks" actually mean very little. The hoses may or may not be fine. > down two my local auto parts place today to get a litre of silicone brake > fluid never heard of it!!! eventually after serching thru all there > catalouges they find some in the motorcycle section dot 5 silicone brake > fluid:-) price 18 euro :-( . It IS expensive, and keep in mind that DoT stands for US DoT, so I have no idea how well known it is outside the US. > now either germans dont bother with silicone fluid or my local place are > thick as mince (not normally). It's not common here, either. > just because its in the motorbike section does this mean its different to > the dow corning purple coulered stuff i got in there at the moment ? is it > ok. Should be the same. Purple is part of the spec. > oh yea that price is for 250ml my word. > > i intend to seal the reservoir up good and work fast to lose the minimum > possible ive ordered 2 tins will this be enough! If you're all prepared, and have a way to plug things, that will be plenty. Even if you let all the front fluid drain out that should be enough to replenish the fronts if this is a tandem system. . - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to <type3-digest@vwtype3.org> To switch to the INDEX mode, E-mail to <type3-index@vwtype3.org> Send administrative queries to <type3-request@vwtype3.org>