[Vwdiesel] Home made penitrating oil

[Dave Cook]

May or may not be a silly question, but does it matter what kind of ATF?

Dave Cook


--- On Thu, 9/3/09, brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net> wrote:

> From: brian gochnauer <brian at gochnauer.net>
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Home made penitrating oil
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Date: Thursday, September 3, 2009, 5:19 PM
> So basically, finger nail polish
> remover and ATF.
> From my own exprience, I put any list as 'suspect' when it
> puts WD40 in
> front of PB Blaster.  :)
> 
> 
> On 9/3/09, William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I received this message from a good friend of mine who
> also collects old
> > radios & has several old cars. Since rusted parts
> is often a problem I
> > thought this would be of interest to you diesel fans.
> I haven't had a
> > chance
> > to try it yet as I just got the message this evening,
> & it sure sounds
> > interesting. What do you think?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Moore" <GTA351C at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "'mike'" <nst at pacbell.net>;
> "'Dale Tucker'" <daletucker at surewest.net>;
> > "'Robert Hopkins'" <1915hudson at att.net>;
> "'William J Toensing'"
> > <toensing at wildblue.net>
> > Cc: <robert.e.moore at intel.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:54 PM
> > Subject: wrenching old stuff info
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Some of you might appreciate this. Machinist's
> Workshop magazine
> > > tested penetrants for break out torque on rusted
> nuts.
> > >
> > > They are below, as forwarded by an ex-student and
> professional
> > > machinist, Bud Baker.
> > >
> > > They arranged a subjective test of all the
> popular penetrants
> > > with the control being the torque required to
> remove the nut from
> > > a "scientifically rusted" environment.
> > >
> > > *Penetrating oil ..... Average load*
> > > None ...................... 516 pounds
> > > WD-40 ..................... 238 pounds
> > > PB Blaster ................ 214 pounds
> > > Liquid Wrench ............. 127 pounds
> > > Kano Kroil ................ 106 pounds
> > > ATF-Acetone mix..............53 pounds
> > >
> > > The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 -
> 50 automatic
> > > transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home
> brew" was better
> > > than any commercial product in this one
> particular test.
> > > Our local machinist group mixed up a batch and we
> all now use
> > > it with equally good results.
> > > Note also that "Liquid Wrench" is about as good
> as "Kroil" for
> > > about 20% of the price.
> > >
> > > stolen from here
> > >
> > > http://forums.thecarlounge.net/zerothread?id=4547049
> > >
> > > --
> > > Paul Holmgren
> > > Hers:  http://in09.endcancer.org/goto/Cindy.Holmgren
> > >
> > >
> > >
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