For What It Is Worth: Back in the days before watches had batteries, some watch repair people would open the watch and hang the mechanism over a small cup of kerosene. The vapors would provide lub after a few days.
Casey --- On Mon, 8/11/08, Lew Hodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Lew Hodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Just say NO to WD40 > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, August 11, 2008, 3:36 PM > "Norman Johnson" wrote: > > > Do NOT use WD40 on mechanical parts you want to slide. > WD40 will > > become gummy and foul whatever you put it on. WD > (water displacing) > > formula 40 is designed to displace water, not > lubricate anything. > > > > If you want lube in a spray can put some light weight > lube automotive > > engine oil in a pump bottle. > > SFWIW, back in the days when I designed cranking motors, > the field > application engineer for Bendix gave me a tip to re-hab > "Sticky" Bendix > drives. > > Remove cranking motor from engine and place in a bucket > with the Bendix > drive down in a bucket. > > Fill bucket with enough kerosene to cover drive and let > soak 2-3 days. > > Remove from bucket, drain kero, let air dry, then > re-install > > Worked well on truck fleets, not sure about marine which > doesn't have > the same road dirt problem. > > Lew > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
