According to OSHA Stoddard solvent is a mineral spirits type solvent,
obtainable in many paint stores.
As a child during the 1930s I remember being sent to the filling station
(service station) on the corner with an empty gallon jug for "naptha".
Further checking found that the term naphtha covers a number of solvents.
I've sometimes wondered if the naphtha I was sent for was simply mineral
spirits. Since it came from a service station, I suspect it was although
tetrachlorethylene/perchlorethylene had begun replacing Stoddard solvent in
the 1930s for dry cleaning clothes.
Gerry
From: "Jon Agne" <jonag...@gwi.net>
Stoddard Solvent is dry cleaning fluid. Works wonders at cleaning
virtually everything. I remember procuring a gallon of it when I was
going through AOCS in Pensacola for the class. We kept it in the mop
closet (away from prying eyes). At the dreaded rifle inspection the DI
could not find any dirt on any of the rifles. We still had to do a
thousand hop-n-pops for having rifles that were TOO clean....but we passed
and got to go on liberty for the weekend.
Jon
On Mar 13, 2013, at 10:05 PM, Brian Toscano wrote:
The turkey baster does work over time. Without solvent or flush I'd
expect
any new fluid to turn dark pretty quick. Once you do it a few times
you'd
be able to see the filter at the bottom of the reservoir for quite a
while.
The new fluid will end up cleaning stuff up or mixing with fluid you
never
really got out earlier.
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 7:52 PM, OK Don <okd...@gmail.com> wrote:
Where do you find stoddard solvent these days? I haven't seen it years -
but haven't really tried. I used many gallons of it washing the oil off
the
belly of Dad's C195, back in the day!
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:02 PM, G Mann <g2ma...@gmail.com> wrote:
I opened the return line and slipped some rubber hose over it with a
clamp,
hooked up a harbor freight 12 volt pump and sucked it dry... then
plumbed
in a 2 liter bottle of stoddard solvent and did a "power flush" of the
whole PS system while turning the wheel from lock to lock [car up on
stands] with the pump pushing fresh stoddard fluid through the entire
system until it ran clean. Sucked it dry of stoddard, and refilled with
PS
fluid.
Clean system... total time.. about 30 min.
Look you system over, you will figure out how to plumb it all so the
aux
pump cleans and cycles the whole system.
Grant...
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Dan Penoff <d...@penoff.com> wrote:
Looking for a possible drain on the steering gear on my W140, I
noticed
there was a large bolt head about halfway up the front (bottom) side.
Anyone know if this is a drain?
I don't want to be removing bolts from the steering gear box without
knowing what they are for....
Dan
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