Re: [MV] Kroil?
Tim Clark (glengar@bellatlantic.net)
Sat, 28 Aug 1999 00:28:44 -0400
King wrote:
>
> >
> >Dave Cole wrote:
> >
> >> What do you guys use to loosen rusted bolts? I just got a can of Kroil
> >> and I'm going to try it out on some spring bolts. Am I wasting my time
> >> with Kroil? Is there better stuff?
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> The best stuff I came across is Nuts Off!Smells like a really strong
> penetrating oil.
> I have used coke but it takes a long time to work.I've used it on engine
> blocks with stuck pistons where I want to try and save the pistons.I would
> pour some coke into the cylinder(you don't have to fill it up).This is with
> the head already off.I would leave it over night and the drain the next day
> and fill again.Repeat for about a week and then use as large a piece of wood
> to get into the bore and use a small sledge(2 1/2#)and tap it down.Then I
> would use a shot hone and hone the bores to remove any more rust and ridges
> and flip the block over and tap out the rod and piston assembly.Usuall those
> pistons won't work on that block but many times are good enough to work on a
> smaller bored one.This system has never failed me yet.
> For rusty bolts the Nuts Off works really good.Sometimes just heating the
> bolt with a propane torch and cooling it with the Nuts Off works on the
> really bad ones but the caution with this is that spraying Nuts Off or
> anything on a hot bolt can catch on fire and/or give off really poisonous gases.
> My 10cents worth(inflation)
> Andre
>
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Sounds like something Lorena BOBBITT would use!
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