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TOPIC: Powering Your Electric Car With Solar - The Ins and Outs
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Date: Mon, Aug 30 2010 4:47 am
From: sara
Powering Your Electric Car With Solar - The Ins and Outs
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TOPIC: Fluid change necessary?
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== 1 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 31 2010 5:49 am
From: Tony Harding
On 08/12/10 06:41, Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> In article
> <13719afa-505c-4fcc-a82e-186b1c3ebdb6@e15g2000yqo.googlegroups.com>,
> Michael<michael.muderick@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I have a 2000 accord, 60K. My dealer tells me I need to flush and re-
>> fill brake and transmission fluid at 100 and 50 dollars. It was done
>> at 30K. Is this really necessary and that expensive>?
>> TIA.
>
> The brake fluid must be changed completely--"flushed"--every 3 years.
> It's a time thing, not a miles thing.
>
> The transmission fluid should be changed periodically, too. But ask him
> what he means by "flushing" the transmission. Come back and tell us.
I do my brakes every 2 years. Don't know what Honda recommends, just
left over habit from the 70's. This isn't engine oil, so don't think
extended intervals are a good idea.
== 2 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 31 2010 6:29 am
From: Airport Shuttle
You should change the fluid for your saftey. If you have the skills you
can purchase a brake fluid do it yourself kit at the local parts store
for cheap.
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Airport Shuttle
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== 3 of 3 ==
Date: Tues, Aug 31 2010 2:47 pm
From: Tony Harding
On 08/31/10 09:29, Airport Shuttle wrote:
> You should change the fluid for your saftey.
Agreed
> If you have the skills you
> can purchase a brake fluid do it yourself kit at the local parts store
> for cheap.
And it's much easier to do solo these days than it was in the 70's! <g>
You can buy a vacuum device for bleeding brakes in the $40-50 range
(don't know your budget, but remember this a multi-use tool, not a
consumable like brake fluid). Simply you:
1. set up a caliper,
2. pump to build up vacuum in the bleeder,
3. crack the bleed screw and let the vacuum draw fresh brake fluid thru
that circuit,
4. repeat if the brake fluid isn't clean (new), or if you feel like it,
5. move to the next caliper
I got a Mity-Vac bleeder. IIRC, the correct bleed sequence on my 2003
Accord was LF/RF/RR/LR, but it's easy to look up. Be sure to suck out
(with a tool) the old brake fluid in the master cylinder before you
start and fill with fresh brake fluid, check between each caliper to
ensure you keep the master cylinder level up (otherwise you can draw in
air and start over).
I recommend doing a dry run first to determine the correct fittings,
hoses, etc., from the bleeder kit, that'll save you a lot of time. Write
down what you do so you'll know in 2 years for the next time! :)
NOTE: Spilled brake fluid destroys paint - catch the old stuff & toss it
where kids aren't likely to find it. It's highly toxic to humans!
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