[ARC5] Penetrating Oils

[Geoff]

That discussion has been making the rounds and was far from a controlled 
experiment but yes, the ATF/Acetone is worth trying. Ive a muffler to 
replace on my old 78 F-250 plow truck when the weather warms up a bit.

Diesel fuel has its place also especially with stuck rings in an engine, Ive 
returned long stuck V-8 flatheads to good running with no apparent loss of 
compression or oil burning.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 6:28 PM
Subject: [ARC5] Penetrating Oils


>A friend sent me a discussion of experiments with various types of 
>penetrating oils.  It seems that after trying various well known and not so 
>well known off-the shelf products they found that the best penetrating oil 
>for freeing frozen screws and things was a 50/50 mix of acetone and any 
>kind of automatic transmission fluid.
>
> I have a new unused bottle of an unknown type of auto transmission fluid 
> (label is worn off) and I may just mix up a batch of the stuff and see how 
> it does.
>
> And as for my rusty NC-270 tuning cap, I have located a replacement.
>
> Wayne
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