<VV> <vv> penetrates

[The Robbins]

Try a mix of half Acetone and half ATF. It has been proven to work better
than almost all store bought types and if you have stuff on hand it's
"free".

Joe R

BBRT

-----Original Message-----
From: virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org
[mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of Tony Underwood
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:42 PM
To: Spencer Shepard; virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: Re: <VV> <vv> penetrants

At 11:08 PM 9/2/2009, Spencer Shepard wrote:
>A very effective (and "green") penetrant is bees wax. It is used on 
>large (up to 8 inch diameter) nuts on studs on steam turbines that 
>have been exposed to temperatures up to 1000 degrees for up to 10 
>years. Heat the nut to a couple of hundred degrees and melt the bees 
>wax into the thread. It will come out the other side in a fairly 
>short time and allow the nut to be turned without damaging the 
>threads. Probably not real practical on a Corvair.




I dunno...


How about using bee's wax on exhaust manifold stud nuts?





tony.. 
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