<VV> Acetone and ATF

J R Read_HML hmlinc at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 25 23:32:24 EDT 2009


So, what's the answer?  How are you storing it?  Good, old fashioned glass?
Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DAN RORAFF" <djrcorvair at msn.com>
To: "virtualvairs" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:25 PM
Subject: <VV> Acetone and ATF


>
> Hi,
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> A while back there was a post about a 50-50 mixture of automatic 
> transmission fluid and acetone used as penetrating oil.  It does work! 
> The hard part is finding a container to deliver it in.  #1 plastic (clear) 
> is dissolved by it.  After years of trying to loosen the front strut nuts 
> (one inch nuts), never had any luck.  Used liquid wrench and WD-40 and 
> others over the years, no luck.  After soaking them down a couple of times 
> over 15 - 30 minutes I was able turn them with a lot of effort.  The other 
> problem is the smallest container of acetone I found was a quart.
>
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> DAN
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> 65 Monza convertible
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