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I now have new information, though. Buna-n is the standard
in
automotive applications, so any standard automotive fluid should
work.
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.
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.
Rusty (no John, I didn't
use the ones that were in my wallet since high school)
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