<VV> re: Oil poured down the rockers

[Eric S. Eberhard]

Besides being a Corvair nut, I am also a John Deere 2 cylinder 
nut.  These old tractors (ended production in early sixties) are more 
famous for leaking oil than Corvairs!  Besides engines and 
transmissions and so forth, there is an entire leaky hydraulic 
system!  There is even a joke that states that is the reason John 
Deere's don't rust ... which the general don't.  As if someone would 
design in oil leaks to stop rust!  I think that might be a lot like 
me telling my customers that the "bugs" they are reporting are really 
"features" :-)


At 04:08 PM 10/3/2006, you wrote:
>Years ago, I learned that used oil would stop rust. The extra
>particles in used oil would help keep the oil on the surface, making
>a dirty, oily, drippy rust resistant surface. New oil wouldn't cling.
>
>  I've done it inside my doors. I didn't do it in the rockers, for no
>terribly good reason.  Like any old greasy oily surface, the rust is
>stopped. There would be a problem removing it completely if the
>surfaces were to be painted.   -ron 65,66
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