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Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone? #11807 01/13/2003 6:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 York State (New York) 5 52pu Shop Shark
52pu Shop Shark 5 Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 506 York State (New York)	The best thing to use to flush out the brake lines is rubbing alcohol. Squirt it in the lines, let it sit a few minutes and blow out the lines with air. Repeat and let air dry and reassemble. "Drugs are money, money is power, power is security." - Kent Heiner Nedrow population 2212 Carbon footprint family of 2/11 tonnes of CO2/yr

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Subject	Posted By	Posted
Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	JunkYardFrog	01/13/2003 5:17 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	JunkYardFrog	01/13/2003 5:19 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	Mechainiac	01/13/2003 5:31 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	JunkYardFrog	01/13/2003 6:17 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	Fred T	01/13/2003 6:28 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	52pu	01/13/2003 6:53 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	chiphead	01/13/2003 8:57 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	Fred T	01/13/2003 9:36 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	gobsow	01/13/2003 10:26 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	4ontheFloor	01/13/2003 10:42 PM
Re: Should I flush the brake lines? Or leave them alone?	5-7heaven	01/13/2003 10:45 PM

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