Convertible Top Pump Fluid?? 1963 Valiant

OK. Personally, I wouldn't use brake fluid even if that's what the owners manual recommended. I dont like the stuff at all. It generates rust, removes paint, tastes bad, drys skin, etc, etc. I wouldn't even use it in my brakes if there was a substitute.

Dot 5 brake fluid. It's ALL I use, anywhere, anytime (except ABS systems, of which I own none). You could wash your car with it, drink it, bathe in it, etc, and it washes right up. Absorbs no moisture, and allows no rust. Great stuff.

Once I started using DOT5, I had no more brake system troubles.