I'll third the motion. Silicone DOT 5 awesome. DOT 4 (or DOT 3 when incorrectly applied) will let loose and not only eat the paint on your upper bulkhead, but it usually drips onto the footwells, too, under the carpet, where it eats the paint in the driver's footwell, exposing the sheetmetal to corrosion before the owner is usually even aware of it. If anyone goes through the trouble, time and expense to paint their car with the bulkhead matching the rest of the car, you'd have to be a real masochist to risk ruining the new finish with the old spec fluid. Everyone keeps complaining that it's more expensive, but what's cheaper? DOT 5 or new paint?
Take care, Jeff in San Diego 1968 Spitfire Mk3 aka "Mrs. Jones" 1970 GT6+ aka "gnarly project" Visit the Totally Triumph Network "Friendly and focused discussion of all things Triumph!" www.TotallyTriumph.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Thompson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:50 PM Subject: RE: TR rubber seals question I agree with Craig. Silicone is expensive ($8 pint?) and a bit of a task (a weekend job), but well worth the time and investment. No peeling paint, no topping off (does LMA evaporate or something?) and even if it does leak no damage to paint. The purple color is pretty trick too (on the translucent caps and plastic reservoirs). -Terry '76 spitfire 1500 http://www.firespitter.com /// [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list /// Send admin requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// or try http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool /// Archives at http://www.team.net/archive /// Send list postings to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /// Edit your replies! If they include this trailer, they will NOT be sent.
