Re: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5

[c300c@xxxxxxx]

Ok, ok, ok. I've read all the references to "political  opinions" in this 
email and after reading it for the umpteenth time, I fail to  find any 
political references. Please enlighten me or shut up.
 
300'ly, Gary Hagy
 
 
 
In a message dated 2/7/2011 6:19:16 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
ronstewart31@xxxxxxxxx writes:

no need  to offer politics on this site keep yor opions to yor self c300 ron

On  Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 9:43 PM, Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:

>
>
> Again if you do proper maintenance you WILL  NOT have a problem!! By the 
way
> the same moisture that is in DOT 3-4  is in DOT 5 it just sinks to the
> lowest
> point and sits there  as opposed to DOT 3-4 that holds it in suspension 
and
> is gone when you  bleed your brakes. Not sitting at the low spots unable 
to
> be bleed out  like as with DOT 5. Another post talked of the boiling point
> of DOT  3-4 over DOT 5. Todays DOT 4 has just short of the same boiling
>  quality's as DOT 5. To address the boiling, unless he is racing on a  
track
> his problem is unrelated to fluid!! If your brakes are getting  so hot 
that
> your boiling fluid you need to find a real mechanic to do  your brakes
> because quite frankly whom ever did them knows not what  they are doing.
> Bottom line, the perceived benefits from DOT 5 are  just not there in a
> street car in the lower 48 or lower 55 states, if  your a fan of mr 
obama. I
> have many years of experience with both  fluids, and have never been
> convinced that the added expense reaped  any justifiable benefit. Is there
> any thing wrong with DOT 5, NO,  other than the silicone impregnates all
> rubber parts and creates a  mess if you want to switch back. Is there any
> thing wrong with DOT 3  or 4, NO, if you change it like your supposed to
> during normal  preventative maintenance! Brakes are like transmissions out
> of sight  out of mind until there is a problem. Then we try to find
> something to  blame, other than our selves, and what is the easiest thing?
> Fluid!  That is why there is such an after market for wonder fluids!! All
>  stemmed from personal denial. Why do you have sludge in your engine?  You
> did not change your fluid! Why do you have a burned up  transmission? You
> did not change your fluid! Why do you have rusted  brake components & 
lines?
> You did not change your fluid! SO, Pay  now and change your fluids or Pay
> more  latter!
>
>
>
> -------Original  Message-------
>
> From: mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx
> Date:  2/4/2011 7:14:40 PM
> To: zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc:  2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx; chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re:  [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot 5
>
> If you haven't lived in Florida or  other damp coastal areas it might be
> difficult to appreciate the  deficiencies of Dot 3 for use in 
"occasionally
> used" vehicles.
>  ---------------Marshall
>
>
>
> ---------- Original  Message ----------
> From: Herb <zephyr9900@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  To: <2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx>, "Chrysler 300 List"
>  <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 /  Dot 5
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 15:47:20 -0600
>
>
> DOT  5, WHY????? Please send your extra unneeded money to me, I sure can  
use
>
> it on my 300H!! Use DOT 4 and save your time and money,  there is NO
> advantage to DOT 5 in Fair Oaks, CA! Now if you lived in  Fair Banks, 
Alaska
>
> , maybe a slim chance. Just change the  fluid every 30,000 miles with DOT4
> as your supposed to, and you will  never have a fluid problem.
>
>
>
>
>  -------Original Message-------
>
> From:  2HsandaHeritage@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: 2/4/2011 10:51:28 AM
> To:  Chrysler 300 Club International
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Dot 3 / Dot  5
>
>
>
>
> Hi Group,
>
> The rear  brake assemblies on my new 300 Sport are severely corroded due 
to
>  leaking wheel cylinders and long storage.
>
> I have decided to  switch from Dot 3 to Dot 5 brake fluid.
>
> My procedure will be  to remove all wheel cylinders and hoses, remove ,
> disassemble and  clean the master cylinder, blow out the steel tubing with
> compressed  air and flush the tubing with a solvent.
>
> I will then install  new wheel cylinders and hoses, add Dot 5 and bleed 
the
>  system.
>
> Any comments or suggestions on this  procedure?
>
> What should I use to flush the steel  tubing?
>
> Thank in advance,
>
> Doug  Warrener
>
> Fair Oaks, CA
>
> 300H
>
>  300 Sport Conv.
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