[GreenKeys] Grease and Oil

[DR HOUSE]

Lee,

The problem comes from the manuals that are over 50 years old.  I  
believe in modern lubricants with PTFE chemistry, which is why I use  
One Lube and One Grease.  I have had excellent results.
I also have friends in the Packard Club that insist on using the oil  
and grease that was specified in 1946... sorry, but my 1942 Packard  
runs great on 15W-40 modern oil and it is lubed with modern Lithium  
grease.

I doubt we will ever achieve complete agreement on this issue.

Don K9TTY


On 9 Aug 2012, at 5:54 PM, Lee Mushel wrote:

I've been watching the threads on this subject for over eight years  
now and no one will accept my suggestion which is based not only on  
personal experience but also on great success with Pine Wood derby's,  
the preference of the U. S. Army, Marines, Airforce, Navy and Coast  
Guard, and virtually the entire bicycle community including those who  
wear these gold and silver colored things around their necks who we  
call Olympians (who ride machines and shoot guns).   Contrary to at  
least one opinion I've seen expressed here, the purpose of an oil is,  
indeed, to prevent metal to metal contact and viscosity has very  
little to do with "flinging" of modern lubricants.   But no one  
listens to me.....   And that includes Paul Ryan with whom I had a  
chance to discuss the economy with for nearly a half hour a year ago  
at a fund raiser.  He thinks I'm nuts, too....

Lee   K9WRU