Text 34412, 57 rader
Skriven 2009-07-10 08:24:31 av Roy Witt (1:397/22)
  Kommentar till text 34408 av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: Master Cylinders
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10 Jul 09 07:36, Robert Bashe wrote to Roy Witt:

 DC>>> Not all tubing is stainless. And, even stainless will rust.

 RW>> A friend of mine found a 25yo Buick that he wanted to buy. When he
 RW>> asked me to inspect it for him, I found brake lines that were rusted
 RW>> thru and leaking fluid on everything...

 RB> Nice story, but what does that have to do with stainless steel brake
 RB> lines? All it does is prove my point about corrosion of iron lines.

LOL! You're fucking hilarious. There haven't been 'iron' brake lines put
on any cars in decades. Not since the advent of stainless steel tubing.

 RB> I might also mention that I was commenting on the present situation
 RB> when I mentioned stainless brake lines, not on the situation of cars
 RB> made decades ago.

LOL! So much for your automotive expertise...even stainless lines will
corrode under certain conditions. You say stainless doesn't corrode?
Bullshit.

 RB> A good parallel is the case of body rust protection. This used to be
 RB> very poor, and I had more than one car with panels rusted through -
 RB> in fact, this used to be the main reason why cars would fail the
 RB> mandatory two-year inspections here.

I think it was AMC or it's parent company, Nash that invented body rust
protection by dipping the body in a galvinizing solution. That was back in
the 50s or early 60s I think. The problem they had with it was that paint
didn't stick to it very well until they found an etching primer to apply
to it.

 RB> But since around 1990, the body rust protection has become so good
 RB> that body rust has been practically eliminated, at least here, where
 RB> there is no great amount of ice and snow in winter and thus not much
 RB> salt on the streets.

 RW>> His Mazda has a cast iron block and alloy head. Once the radiator
 RW>> gave up and the engine overheated, the possibility of the head
 RW>> warping is very high. Replacing the radiator is the least of his
 RW>> problems. And with the dissimaler metals, head gaskets get eaten up
 RW>> by corrosion.

 RB> Luckily, there was no problem except for the clogged radiator, which
 RB> I was forced to replace. That was some 5-6 years ago, and there have
 RB> been no aftereffects.

What kind of coolant did you put in it and how much water was added to it?

                R\%/itt

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