From: Dick (rertman@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Dec 18 2004 - 23:29:46 PST
The propellant in WD-40 used to be propane or butane.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Howell, DO" <michael@tsixroads.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: 18 December, 2004 22:46
Subject: [MV] Pure Silicone Spray as a starting fluid.
> You use to could use WD 40 as a starting fluid but then they changed the
> propellant and it quit working. I wonder if this is the same or if the
> silicone is what is burning? If it is the propellant it might very from
> brand to brand.
>
> Mike
> Tishomingo, MS
>
>>>The other thing he learned we have applied many many times on various
>>>
>>things
>>
>>>since, the mechanic up there told us to use Pure Silicone Spray as a
>>>starting fluid.
>>>
>>
>>Hmm. I'll have to try that one. If I have to do an ether start on
>>something
>>with not enough working plugs I disconnect the GP system first (yank the
>>card on the CUCV usually) and then use just a whiff of ether. It still
>>starts nastily (i.e. seems to detonate well before TDC.) It'd be nicer to
>>have a kindler, gentler "start goddamit or else" option tucked away under
>>the driver's seat.
>>
>>
>>
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