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- From: ramblinguy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 20:02:28 -0400
"WD-40 is a weak joke (for anything; what the hell is that stuff good for anyways?"
Well, it's a decent desert topping...
Keleigh
On April 17, 2006 Tom Jennings wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 11:40, Mr. AMC wrote:
> > It's not the AMC pump design, it's the person who previously installed
> > the pump without putting anti-seize compound on the bolts. The V6 and V8
> > puick's were known for that on the top 2 1/4" bolts. I anti-seize most
> > bolts even door hinge bolts.
>
> I concur. It's a 35-year-old-part problem. I anti-seize, oil or grease
> every single machine-thread fastener after at least wire-brushing it (if
> not abrasive-tumbling or simply replacing it).
>
> But there are times you have no choice -- like taking apart factory or
> someone-else's work -- and I know this sounds like and advertisement,
> and I've said it before, but AEROKROIL fron Kano Labs is practically
> miraculuous. Basically I had given up on all of these chemical
> solutions, and WD-40 is a weak joke (for anything; what the hell is that
> stuff good for anyways?).
>
> When I took apart the 73 parts car, and the nasty 70 motor in our 72
> hornet, I squirt AeroKroil on the tailpipe-to-exh-manifold bolts and the
> studs holding intake to exhaust manifolds the day before. In both cases
> all but one stud came right out like a new part -- one stud snapped, one
> upper int-to-exh, but it was corroded down to a narrow waist of
> rust-metal. That one's gotta be drilled, but it's companion came out
> with some crunchiness.
>
> I used it on all sorts of parts on three cars, all 35+ years old, and
> not once have I broken off a bolt/stud, and nearly all spin off like
> normal fasteners. Really.
>
> Squirting a day or more ahead of time seems to help a lot.
>
> AeroKroil is nothing like any other chemical nut-loosener I've ever
> heard of. It actually works, and I am pretty damn skeptical.
>
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