THis is good info - thank you.

Scott - the Blue stuff showed up on the TireRack website. $12 a quart.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:18 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> thanks for educating me on this Don.   Where do you buy ATE Super Blue or
> Gold bf ?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 9:27 AM
> Subject: Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
>
>
>  I have one of the Motive power bleeders and I use it regularly.  They are
>> the tool of choice for those who do bleed brakes often.  I haven't found
>> any
>> downside to using one, and I've perhaps done hundreds of brake bleeds.
>> When
>> I raced, we often bled brakes a couple of time per day at the track.  We
>> always used the 'different color fluid' method to make sure we got totally
>> fresh fluid to all four brakes.  ATE Super Blue/Gold are my brake fluid of
>> choice.
>>  My only problem with these is the tubing used to connect the pressure
>> vessel with the system in the vehicle is prone to degrading and gets all
>> 'rubbery' in a year or so.
>>  Don Hanson
>>
>

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Thanks,

Jeff
'90 Carat (Grover)
'86 (We call this one Parts)
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus