As they say everyone gets their turn on the wheel.
So I'm cruisin through life enjoying my car and wondering why everyone else has Wilwood M/C failures and I am approaching 10,000 miles on my original unit. Reality gets your attention as you have an instant failure, 35 miles down range, returning from a car show. Flat shifting and blipping the throttle in neutral to try to match engine speed gets you home. The fluid is medium gray in color and thickened slightly from what used to be the rubber M/C seals. About six weeks ago I installed a new clutch, rebuilt my hydralic T/O bearing, flushed the DOT5 out and installed DOT3 fluid. I changed fluid as I understand that McLeod does not recommend it for the T/O bearing seals. The original DOT5 fluid appeared used and discolored but relatively clean when flushed. No Gray tint.
It appears that the seals disolved since the rebuild. I'm an old school sports car owner so lacking the option of using vintage Castrol/Girling crimson fluid, I'm switching to Castrol/Girling LMA DOT3/4. A new Wilwood unit is on order. I've had occasion to do a number of rebuilds on my GT6's M/Cs, but in a quarter million miles, I've
never experienced a Girling M/C instant failure.
Any new insight? - Geary