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Subject:Re: source for rebuilt ATE calipers?
From:Mike S
Date:Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:19:57 -0400

On 6/20/2012 7:16 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> On 6/19/2012 7:29 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> one on the bottom,
>> where water would tend to collect
> It will even turn completely to water eventually, or real water-like.
> I wouldn't expect water to separate and collect in the bottoms of the
> calipers,

Stuart didn't write that. I did.

I said nothing about separating. Water is water, whether mixed with
brake fluid or not. Water will collect in any part of the brake system
which isn't flushed. Unless you open the bottom port on the calipers,
the bottom of the calipers won't get flushed.