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Old 11-12-2024, 01:20 PM   #1
TX3100Guy
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DOT 5.0 brake fluid question

I installed an all new set of calipers, rotors, and an electric hydraulic pump (frame mounted) on my 1953 truck a while ago. But if you've followed my other thread, I've had to deal with an engine rebuild and most recently a magneto rebuild/issue.

In any case, i've begun to button up other small tasks in getting ready to get the truck on the road for engine break in and testing all my other changes. Today I noticed a fine mist of DOT 5.0 brake fluid (what the mfg of the brake system recommended) on the passenger side front frame rail, just below the remote reservoir. A few weeks back, I had noticed the same fine mist on that same frame rail and deck of the four post lift just under that section of the frame. I was too occupied with other issues at the time, so I just wiped it up.

Today, I tried to figure out where this spray of DOT 5.0 is coming from. Lucky for me, DOT 5.0 is synthetic and doesn't remove paint, otherwise my epoxy shop floor would be a total mess. In my search, I noticed that two of the remote filler hoses that move the brake fluid to the master cylinder (also frame mounted) appear to be "sweating" brake fluid. The brake kit didn't come with enough filler hose to span the length from the passenger side remote reservoir to the drivers side master cylinder and hydraulic pump, so I bought brake line hose of the same diameter from O'Reilly's and it appears that those are the hoses that are sweating fluid, both at the hose clamp ends and along a partial section of the hose.

Am I imaging things? Does the synthetic brake fluid (DOT 5.0) require a different kind of hose?
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