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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:43 AM
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ATE Brake Fluid

Which ATE Brake fluid would be best for our trucks. Thinking of performing a flush with my spring maintenance. Opinions anyone?

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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 08:25 AM
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Dot 4 is the best.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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Hey Jeff. I've been using this stuff for years. Alternate between the yellow and blue to see when each flush is complete.

Discount Super Blue Brake Fluid / ATE TYP 200 / SuperBlue - RACEShopper.com
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 11:58 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I'll be ordering the Blue fluid.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 02:57 PM
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Here's a thread I started to show the power bleeder for our trucks. Others really like the speed bleeder valves.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...with-pics.html
 
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I flushed mine with Valvoline DOT 3/4 Synthetic. Good to go, and it was the last fluid I needed to convert to syn. Now everything in mine is syn.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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Andy,
You got a part number on that pressure bleeder? How many liters of fluid did you use?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 07:36 PM
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As I recall you need to pull off your master cyl cap and see if it's a 2 prong or a 3 prong cap. Then you talk to the folks at Motive Products and they make sure you get the right one.
 
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 09:38 PM
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I'm pretty sure all of our 7.3's are three prong.

My '99 Lightning is, my '00 Excursion is, my '02 F250 is, and my '03 F150 is. I think my daughters '03 Escape is too, but I haven't checked.

I just flushed my F250 and my Excursion and I used two-32oz bottles on my truck, but I used three-32oz bottles on my Excursion. I used more on the Ex because I was busy doing other maintenance items while flushing the Ex. The F250 I was only doing the flush, nothing else.

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Yep -- two will do it. I used less than two for mine. Pressure bled with homemade bleeder:


 
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Originally Posted by Izzy351
Yep -- two will do it. I used less than two for mine.
Yeah, I actually used less than two-32oz bottles too. There was probably 4 or 5 ounces left from the second bottle. But it's not like you can save it on the shelf. Once a bottle of brake fluid is opened, it starts to absorb water so I was always taught to throw away any remaining fluid after a flush.

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Originally Posted by Stewart_H
Yeah, I actually used less than two-32oz bottles too. There was probably 4 or 5 ounces left from the second bottle. But it's not like you can save it on the shelf. Once a bottle of brake fluid is opened, it starts to absorb water so I was always taught to throw away any remaining fluid after a flush.

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