From: bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Mon Feb 14 2005 - 14:35:15 PST
Hi Buzz,
Just a crazy idea here. What if you flipped the engine over, pulled
the pan, and
poured penetrating oil into the cylinders?
Bruce MVPA 23824
Buzz wrote:
>Aaron,
>I gotta disagree with you on Kroil. I've got a seized L134 engine that has the head off and the
>cylinders looked good so I put about a 1/4" of Kroil on each piston. Once a month I try to turn it
>with a LONG torque amplifier on the wrench but so far it hasn't budged, so I add more Kroil and wait
>another month.
>I've been working on vehicles for 50 years and have yet to find a penetrating oil that REALLY works.
>They all seem pretty much the same to me.
>My solution is a 1/2" impact wrench then if that fails I use the fire wrench!
>
>Kent,
>Do you think that Lube Job is up to the challange?
>I'll email you my address off line and try it in the engine.
>
>Buzz
>
>
>On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 07:20:54 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
>>http://www.kanolabs.com/
>>
>>I was introduced to Kroil by this list a couple years ago, and it's the
>>best penetrating lube I've ever used. I only wish I knew about it
>>earlier, as it would have saved me a lot of bolts and parts on my M38A1.
>>Things that I thought were seized and long gone could now be recovered
>>with this stuff. I can't praise it enough. Last year I used it to free
>>up a seized model airplane engine that was in storage for over 10 years.
>>Too bad I failed to properly set the programmable trim on that radio
>>controller, but that's another story.
>>
>>
>>Aaron Horrocks
>>ARG, NRA, Mopar Alley, & MVCC Member
>>1952 M38A1
>>1970 Plymouth
>>
>>
>
>
>Ok, here's the info on Lube Job:
>
>Price per can: $3.69
>Price per case: $36.24 ($3.02/Can)
>Shipping to the East Coast (case): $8
>Shipping to the West Coast (case): $11
>Shipping for a single can to anywere (USPS): $4
>
>Anyone interested, let me know.
>
>Also, for anyone that scoffs at Lube Job, I'll offer you a challenge, I'll send you one can, free,
>to try. If you don't like it, I'll pay to send it back. If you like it, You pay me...simple offer.
>Takers?
>
>Kent
>
>
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