<VV> Acetone and ATF

[henry kaczmarek]

There is another thing you can use that doesn't cause the storage problems 
mentioned.

OIL OF WINTERGREEN----Used to be very popular as a liniment.  Navy 
Boatswains' Mates call it "Nutcracker".   Always kept a few pint bottles on 
board ship.  When a nut (usually one that would require a 3-4" wrench) on a 
ship would need to be removed, and usually the threads were rusted from salt 
water,
someone from the deck dep't would come to Sick Bay to ask the Corpsman for 
some "Nutcracker".  Just pour it on the threads and you can remove the 
seized nut.

You can buy oil of wintergreen in small plastic bottles in most drug and 
grocery stores.

Hank
former Navy Pharmacy Tech
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "The Robbins" <therobbins82 at gmail.com>
To: "'virtualvairs'" <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:57 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Acetone and ATF


>I posted that, I keep mine in an old fashioned metal oil can with pump
> lever.
>
> Joe R
> BBRT
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of DAN RORAFF
> Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 10:25 PM
> To: virtualvairs
> Subject: <VV> Acetone and ATF
>
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> 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.
>
>
>
> DAN
>
>
>
> 65 Monza convertible
>
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