[Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s

[George Babits]

Bob (Downs) sure has that right about brake fluid and rubber; at least the 
DOT 3 variety.  I've had the misfortune of restoring a couple of Series IIA 
Land Rovers that got DOT 3 put into the system.  You don't rebuild, you toss 
everything and replace with new.  Way back when, it was easy to tell the 
right stuff -  -Girling Crimson was the correct brake (and clutch) fluid. 
With its bright red color (colour) it was unmistakable.

On a more relevant topic - -the rubber earphone caps;    Old rubber doesn't 
"restore" well, but you can clean it up and make it look better with 
ArmorAll.

George
W7HDL


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s


> If it is actually rubber and not neoprene or something similar, DOT3 will
> dissolve it.  Quickest way to cause a catastrophic brake failure in an old
> Land Rover is to top up the brake fluid reservoir with DOT3.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 01/19/2016 22:31:26 PM Central Standard Time,
> jphutch60bj at gmail.com writes:
>> Thanks to WA5CAB and Mike
>> Carbon Mic - checked out works, wiggles the VOM needs some cleaning.
>>
>> Off hand -
>>     Anyone use DOT3 or DOT4  fluid to restore Rubber?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hutch
>


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