[ARC5] Penetrating Oils

[Mike Everette]

Be very careful of using acetone in a radio.  It will attack plastic.  No telling what it will do to various forms of insulation, or to some finishes.

73

Mike
W4DSE

--- On Mon, 1/28/13, Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:

> From: Geoff <geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Penetrating Oils
> To: "Robert  Eleazer" <releazer at earthlink.net>, arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Monday, January 28, 2013, 10:28 PM
> 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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