[Bob Carriere]

Hi Derek

According to everything I have read on many Forum..... the only way to use "silly-cone" is to start with a full fresh brand new system..... that implies brake line steel and rubber, cylinders... all five of them.... Dale is correct the time to try it out is when you are starting from the ground up.

How good will it be...... depends who you read ro talk to.... some say it is not worth the trouble and cost and that on the long run it si cheaper to use the standard Dot 3 or 5......

Note that a lot of modern vehicle..... Ford Lincoln and not Ford trucks have the silicone stuff......

I say with caution that I have read.... a lot.... but little experience.... I have done my system with army surplus silicone and so far ti seems to work fine........ but the truck has not yet been driven...... my practical experience is verty limited.......

Again from what I have read if you plan on using a mixture of old parts you need to flush the lines with alcohol..... methyl or ethyl I am not sure.... but not the drinking kind anyways...... you might want to do a search on the web...

Since you are doing a major brake job you might want to consider changing the lines....... that will be you weakest link........ all depends on the condition of the truck system..... the suckers can rust from the inside from water in the low bend areas. If you do not change the line you might want consider staying with regular Dot 3 / 4.

In all the years I have played with Dodge M37 and 43 we always had no brakes left after they sat for 3 or 4 Winter months..... we never changed the fluid..... we bleed until they worked again........ which probably amounted to the same thing.

Good luck and keep us posted of your decision/results.