From: Robert Barber (rbarber41@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 15:50:41 PST
Is there a store or warehouse source for this magic
kroil elixir up here in the New England area ???
We have Marvel Mystery but I have never seen this
kroil ...
Bob B
>From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
>To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
>Subject: Re: [MV] Sort of MV related
>Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 17:22:11 -0800
>
>When I got my M151A2, it had sat for a couple of years and the
>motor was stuck. So I pulled and cleaned all the sparkplugs and
>sprayed kroil into the cylinders several different times and kept
>trying to turn the motor over by hand. After a bunch of tries, it
>popped loose and spun quite nicely. So I changed the oil and
>coolant, rebuilt the carb, and cleaned everything up, hooked up the
>batteries and fired it up. It started up quite nicely and now starts
>without even having to use the choke.
>
>Jon
> > Paul, I would say that your front wheels started turning because the
>sprag
> > had engaged. If the back wheels start spinning a certain percentage
>faster
> > (can't remember what %) than the front, the sprag engages front wheel
>drive.
> > As far as starting the Reo, have you tried to turn it over by hand? If
>it's
> > not locked up you could probably try starting it up. Better off to pull
>all
> > plugs and squirt some light oil in the cylinders and let it sit for a
>while.
> > Marvel mystery oil or Kroil comes to mind. Once it has sit for a while,
>crank
> > it over without plugs for a bit. It will spin easily and promote
>circulating
> > oil into the galleries that have long since drained out. Do this a few
>times
> > as an extra precaution. After its cleared out, drop the plugs back in
>and go
> > for it. Have you read the manual on sarting your gasser? Now's the
>time!
> >
> > Kenneth Engle
> > Loxahatchee, FL U.S.A.
> > AM General M-35A2 w/w
> > Fruehauf M105A1
> > MVPA #24371
> > http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
> >
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