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Thu, 25 February 2016 21:48

BobDunahugh

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Sorry about some boring details. But it tells what's up with brake fluids. And your safety. There is a minimum federal boiling point requirement for DOT 3 brake fluid. This is the standard brake fluid for most brake fluid requirements. The minimum boiling point that's required for DOT 3 brake fluid is 284 degrees F. When brake fluid boils in your braking system. This occurs in the mountains. Or heavy traffic with lots of slowing down with stops. You braking system will fail to function completely. There will be NO warning that this situation is starting to occur. ( As a side note. This is why your brake lines to the rear are in the left frame rail. And the hot exhaust pipe is in the right frame rail. ) These standards are based on brake fluids that are considered wet, or dry. Dry DOT 3 fluid is what's poured out of a just opened container. Wet is based on used brake fluids that have absorbed water to a level of 3.7% of water by volume. Standard Dot 3 is Wet 284 F. Dry 401 F.Ford High Performance is Wet 284 F. ( to meet the standard ) Dry 500 F.
Ford developed this High Performance brake fluid in the 80's. As they were having brake boiling issues. Thus complete brake failures on truck chassis that had motor homes built on them. You can only buy it at Ford dealerships. And most parts counter personnel will have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. There is no part # on the container. It's front label is mostly red. So you'll just have to have them find it under the name High Performance brake fluid.I love my wife Linda, dog Delilah, our GMC, and ME. So I use the Ford DOT 3 brake fluid, and change my brake fluid about every 5 years. I've had people tell me that brake fluid never needs to be changed. That's fine. But to me. Is it worth the risk to save $15, and 1 hour of time.As a side note. I do road racing at tracks around the country with our vintage Yenko Stingers. At some tracks. I have my brake drum's starting to glow with the segmented iron brake shoes they have. My brake system gets lots of attention. And since I started using the Ford brake fluid. I've never boiled my brake fluid under these extreme conditions.Bob Dunahugh78 RoyaleMember GMCMI for 13 years

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		[GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: BobDunahugh on Thu, 25 February 2016 21:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Fri, 26 February 2016 04:09
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: tphipps on Fri, 26 February 2016 09:11
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: jknezek on Fri, 26 February 2016 09:20
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: Matt Colie on Fri, 26 February 2016 10:18
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: powwerjon on Fri, 26 February 2016 10:43
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: BobDunahugh on Fri, 26 February 2016 10:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Fri, 26 February 2016 16:52
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: powwerjon on Fri, 26 February 2016 18:10
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Fri, 26 February 2016 18:37
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: Richard RV on Sun, 28 February 2016 19:04
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Sun, 28 February 2016 19:40
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: A Hamilto on Fri, 26 February 2016 11:26
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: jhbridges on Fri, 26 February 2016 11:33
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: BobDunahugh on Fri, 26 February 2016 20:45
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: Ken Burton on Sat, 27 February 2016 09:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Sat, 27 February 2016 15:21
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: Emery Stora on Sat, 27 February 2016 14:48
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: Ken Burton on Sun, 28 February 2016 06:28
		Re: [GMCnet] Restoration. Make your brakes safer in panic stops, and in the Mountains By: USAussie on Sun, 28 February 2016 15:57

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