> According to my GM shop manual, the recommended fluid for my power top
pump
> is brake fluid. Now knowing what happens when brake fluid meets paint and
> the number of possible areas for leakage, I'm considering changing it for
an
> alternative fluid.
>
My friend has a 1953 Skylark and he uses transmission fluid. Especially
after a cylinder leaked back when he used brake fluid, and he had to repaint
the rocker.

Rabbit