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TR2/3/3A Why it is important to change brake fluid

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Working on getting a TR3B back on the road for a friend. One problem was the clutch was not working. The clutch pedal just flopped around.

Ordered a new MC and in preparation to changing the MC I vacuumed the fluid from the brake/clutch reservoir. Removed the reservoir and cleaned it out with alcohol.

This is what I collected in the jar.

Fitted the new MC, refilled the reservoir, applied my vacuum device to the SC, cracked the bleeder. The Clutch works fine now.

David
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Yow! Is that water on top of the oil, or curd settling to the bottom of the oil?

Thanks for sharing.
 
Not sure if it is water on top of oil or what but the reservoir needed cleaning out. No rust in the reservoir.

David
 
I do not think anything has been done to this car in many years.
The owner did not know what fluid was in the system so I am going with DOT3 as it the most likely fluid to have been used and I am doing a complete fluid flush.

David
 
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