On Jun 22, 3:43*pm, Gene Kearns
wrote:
On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:32:17 -0700 (PDT), Tim penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

|On Jun 22, 5:15*am, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:
| On Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:15:06 -0700 (PDT), Tim | wrote:

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| that looks like a serious dose of the clap, you got *there Tom. Too
| much exposure to salt in a tight spot.
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| Don't think so - if that were the case, the entire system would be
| compromised like this and it's pretty clean up the tube to the brake
| actuator - just a dirt.
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| What I think happened is that the solenoid let go - that's basically
| brake fluid corrosion. This has been leaking for sometime - that's
| what I'm thinking. *I have had to add brake fluid over the years, but
| it's a pretty open system so evaporation I figured - apparently not.
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| No indication it was leaking either until it let go.
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| On my trailer (23' Marquis) it's all exposed and so it has less means
| of build up.
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| The pic of the brake line looks evil too. and it might be a lot of fun
| trying to bleed the brakes with them baptized in brine as well.
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| I've seen that on an old Escort I had that had a brake line release.
| Corrosive stuff brake fluid.
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|Well, I'm not one to dispute the Wizard, but I've sen many an old car
|and/or truck that had a gazillion miles and years on them and no rust
|on the cast iron brake reservoir.
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|I wonder what the difference is? something abotu the heat under the
|engine compartment causing something not to rust and corroede?

Brake fluid attracts water like crazy. The lower in the system, the
more likely the water. *Wouldn't hurt to get a tube of these:

http://www.gwrauto.com/stripdip.htm

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Good idea, Gene.