X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: <13brv3@bellsouth.net> Received: from imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.66] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3.4) with ESMTP id 1005851 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:29:44 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=205.152.59.66; envelope-from=13brv3@bellsouth.net Received: from ibm61aec.bellsouth.net ([65.6.194.9]) by imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050618032858.KFQS16444.imf18aec.mail.bellsouth.net@ibm61aec.bellsouth.net> for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:28:58 -0400 Received: from rd ([65.6.194.9]) by ibm61aec.bellsouth.net with ESMTP id <20050618032858.FKHK4468.ibm61aec.bellsouth.net@rd> for ; Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:28:58 -0400 From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Brake Fluid Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2005 22:28:58 -0500 Message-ID: <001001c573b5$dd03b650$6101a8c0@rd> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0011_01C5738B.F42DAE50" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C5738B.F42DAE50 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I now have new information, though. Buna-n is the standard in automotive applications, so any standard automotive fluid should work.=20 I'll still ask someone more knowledgable than me before I diverge from the 'standard', though. Standards are a crutch for the ignorant. If you want that warm fuzzy feeling, buy some new seals for your brakes, = and throw them in a jar of your favorite brake fluid for a week or so. I = soaked lots of interesting items in brake fluid when I had my RV-8. =20 =20 Van's normal reservoir has a filter type top on it that of course isn't sealed. When you have an inverted oil system, and fly around upside = down, some of the brake fluid drips out and makes a mess. I soaked every type = of rubber glove, I could find, and nothing survived. I then started = soaking condoms. Latex swells up to a size that would impress the average horse :-) The winner was polyurethane condoms, which were not damaged by = brake fluid. Just apply one on the top of your brake reservoir, and your = safe... so to speak. =20 =20 Rusty (no John, I didn't use the ones that were in my wallet since high school) =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0011_01C5738B.F42DAE50 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message

I now have new information, though.  Buna-n is = the standard=20 in
automotive applications, so any standard automotive fluid should=20 work. 
I'll still ask someone more knowledgable than me before I = diverge=20 from
the 'standard', though.  Standards are a crutch for the=20 ignorant.

If you = want that warm=20 fuzzy feeling, buy some new seals for your brakes, and throw them in a = jar of=20 your favorite brake fluid for a week or so.  I soaked lots of = interesting=20 items in brake fluid when I had my RV-8. 
 
Van's = normal reservoir=20 has a filter type top on it that of course isn't sealed.  When you = have an=20 inverted oil system, and fly around upside down, some of the brake fluid = drips=20 out and makes a mess.  I soaked every type of rubber glove, I could = find,=20 and nothing survived.  I then started soaking condoms.  Latex = swells=20 up to a size that would impress the average horse =20 :-)   The winner was polyurethane condoms, which = were not=20 damaged by brake fluid.  Just apply one on the top of = your brake=20 reservoir, and your safe... so to speak.  
 
Rusty = (no John, I didn't=20 use the ones that were in my wallet since high school)  =




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