May be a silly question
Chuck, I can only admire your meticulous preparations for sailing season, but I have a question that is probably simplistic and may be out of line. I read with fasination all the thread and the technical knowledge of the participants. Being a simple guy, it almost overloaded me, and I jumped back to the beginning. I'm curious as to why you want to "replace" the brake fluid. Is it dirty, low, missing, etc.? Brake fluid doesn't wear out. It only gets dirty. If that's the problem, I certainly understand. Is it an issue of simply needing to bleed the cylinders? If it's only air bubbles and not dirt, the bled fluid can be captured and reused. Some years ago, as a surrogate father figure for a young lady leaving for college, I instructed her to get everything on her car checked. I further encouraged her, as she got the oil changed, to make sure and get the air in the tires changed. She asked, "WHAT?". I explained that the heat and friction of the tire flex necessitated periodic change of the air to ensure proper action from fresh molecules. She bought it for a while. Before she left, I let her off the hook and we hugged and laughed at our usual silliness. It was that moment of silliness that made me just wonder what causes you are seeing that necessitates "replacing" the brake fluid.
Chuck, I can only admire your meticulous preparations for sailing season, but I have a question that is probably simplistic and may be out of line. I read with fasination all the thread and the technical knowledge of the participants. Being a simple guy, it almost overloaded me, and I jumped back to the beginning. I'm curious as to why you want to "replace" the brake fluid. Is it dirty, low, missing, etc.? Brake fluid doesn't wear out. It only gets dirty. If that's the problem, I certainly understand. Is it an issue of simply needing to bleed the cylinders? If it's only air bubbles and not dirt, the bled fluid can be captured and reused. Some years ago, as a surrogate father figure for a young lady leaving for college, I instructed her to get everything on her car checked. I further encouraged her, as she got the oil changed, to make sure and get the air in the tires changed. She asked, "WHAT?". I explained that the heat and friction of the tire flex necessitated periodic change of the air to ensure proper action from fresh molecules. She bought it for a while. Before she left, I let her off the hook and we hugged and laughed at our usual silliness. It was that moment of silliness that made me just wonder what causes you are seeing that necessitates "replacing" the brake fluid.
