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Right on Dan! I wouldn't go anywhere near an airplane with a can of WD-40. LPS products are the original airframe lubricants. In the electronics business, I have never seen a cleaner/lubricant that could match LPS-2. The best product in the world to fight corrosions in an airframe is LPS-3. Wayne Woollard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Hall @ cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim and Martha Briggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Lube Job - Recommended Oils? > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Tim, > I recently moved my Ercoupe from John Wayne (ties down) to Chino (hangared) > to minimize the effects of moisture & salt air corrosion on the 57 year old > airframe. > > I'd be MUCH more inclined to worry about airframe corrosion than engine > corrosion, particularly given the age & AD history of the Coupe. The engine > gets inspected regularly, and replaced or overhauled periodically. Internal > engine corrosion would be my only concern there however, if you fly it once > a week for an hour the engine internals should be OK. > > Next time you open your plane up for an inspection or whatever, I'd highly > recommend getting it fogged or sprayed down professionally with > anti-corrosion treatment every year or two to minimize the effects of > corrosion. Corrosion X is one type, however I think there may be another > brand that is better still. They penetrate everywhere and can be a bit > messy, so I would NOT do it if you intend to have the plane repainted in the > next 2 years. > > I'm sure someone else out there can tell you much more about lubricants that > I can however, I think there are several airframe lubricants that work well > (better than WD40)and are moderately priced. Aircraft Spruce has them on > page 321 of their current catalog; LPS NO. 2 & LPS NO. 3. The spray cans > are around $6.00. > > Anyway, that's my 'two cents'. I'm sure someone out there has even better > recommendations. > > Dan Hall > N3968H > Chino > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tim and Martha Briggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 4:08 PM > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Lube Job - Recommended Oils? > > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > Ercoupers: > > > > The elevator control and rudders on my Coupe squeak a bit and I want to do > a > > lube job. I was looking over the lubrication schedule in the "Skyport > > Ercoupe Service Manual" I got with my plane. It specifies "AN-O-6a > general > > purpose low temperature lubricating oil" for most of the pushrods, hinges, > > linkages etc... Is this a particular viscosity? Have some of you used a > > more common oil like WD-40 or something else?? Any and all > recommendations > > are welcomed. > > > > > > Also, another pilot told me to avoid corrosion on my engine (salt air here > > in San Diego), I should spray it down with WD-40 after flights when it is > > cooled. What do you think of that? > > > > Tim Briggs > > 1950 415G > > > > > ========================================================================== == > == > > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > > > > > > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > > > > ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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