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EWG · Jul 14, 2018

I thought you all might be interested in this.

I took my daily "modern" to an old established independent garage the other day and happened to arrive at "morning cuppa" time and I was kindly offered one.
The conversation came round to penetrating oils as there were lots of WD40, Duff and others on the shelf.
I asked the joint proprietor which was the best in his opinion.
"None of them!".
His favourite is 50/50 "Three In One" oil and white vinegar mixed together.

I had never heard of that before.
Had you?

neilly · Jul 14, 2018

EWG said:
I thought you all might be interested in this.

I took my daily "modern" to an old established independent garage the other day and happened to arrive at "morning cuppa" time and I was kindly offered one.
The conversation came round to penetrating oils as there were lots of WD40, Duff and others on the shelf.
I asked the joint proprietor which was the best in his opinion.
"None of them!".
His favourite is 50/50 "Three In One" oil and white vinegar mixed together.

I had never heard of that before.
Had you?

Cheap and worth a try.

Cheers

KISSMYAURA · Jul 14, 2018

Plusgas, all day long..........
my olive oil and balsamic vinegar just refuses to mix on my plate.......

gstuart · Jul 14, 2018

Never heard about the vinegar one , agree ref the plusgas

I heard of using candle wax years ago, by melting it into the seized bolts

Or ATF fluid and acetone

Still , when nothing works , there’s nothing like spending hours cutting a seized high tensile bolt , lol

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

gstuart said:
Never heard about the vinegar one , agree ref the plusgas

I heard of using candle wax years ago, by melting it into the seized bolts

Or ATF fluid and acetone

Still , when nothing works , there’s nothing like spending hours cutting a seized high tensile bolt , lol

or break out the russian screwdriver!

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

the fun i could have with a thermic lance...........

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
or break out the russian screwdriver!

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Dam it, now u tell me , could have used that

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
the fun i could have with a thermic lance...........

Is that the one that uses some form of alloy rods

Would adore having an induction heater , but not at £600

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

ouch, painful matey and muscho's swearing and spanner throwing. This is the 'no-go' zone when i am working, kids and pets stay well clear as sometimes it has been known that spanners fly in that general direction supported with foul language,

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

Yep these with pressurised oxygen, rods are steel, fun part is you have to light it with an oxy acetylene torch!

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
ouch, painful matey and muscho's swearing and spanner throwing. This is the 'no-go' zone when i am working, kids and pets stay well clear as sometimes it has been known that spanners fly in that general direction supported with foul language, View attachment 153278

Lol, ah what’s 5 x hours with an electric recip saw cutting through each bolt

Got to love a Land Rover

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
Yep these with pressurised oxygen, rods are steel, fun part is you have to light it with an oxy acetylene torch!View attachment 153279

Bloody hell, could imagine the chassis dropping in half as it shoots past the drop link bolt ur cutting , lol

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

i fell alseep under my one once, so ****ed of trying to undo a bolt, my arms were killing me so i had a rest, woke up with the dog licking may face!

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

gstuart said:
Bloody hell, could imagine the chassis dropping in half as it shoots past the drop link bolt ur cutting , lol

yep they good, they only melt STONE FFS! silly hot!

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

Plus I’m not saying this bolt was seized , lol,

but a 3 ton hydraulic puller wouldn’t push that bolt as I tried from both sides

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

OMG WTF was that held in with......? Monkey cum? not just rust did someone swap ant-ifretting paste for threadlock?

KISSMYAURA · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
OMG WTF was that held in with......? Monkey cum? not just rust did someone swap ant-ifretting paste for threadlock?

how you get it out? threaten it with a trip to breaker sin slade green?

jamesmartin · Jul 15, 2018

gstuart said:
Plus I’m not saying this bolt was seized , lol,

but a 3 ton hydraulic puller wouldn’t push that bolt as I tried from both sides

View attachment 153280 View attachment 153281

thats daily for me ,stuff usually comes out one way or another

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
OMG WTF was that held in with......? Monkey cum? not just rust did someone swap ant-ifretting paste for threadlock?

Lmao, in the 25 x years of having landys I’ve never known bolts to have been that stubborn, alas no coppaslip was used at original installation, so they rust solid inside the metal bearing

gstuart · Jul 15, 2018

KISSMYAURA said:
how you get it out? threaten it with a trip to breaker sin slade green?

nearly, lol

had to use a recip saw , however I remember having a dremil with some metal cutting discs, which believe it or not really helped , as the bolt had to come out first before I used a puller set

Didn’t want to mess around with sockets etc , so got a set as I knew they would be handy for the rest , worked like a charm getting that out and pressed back in again

Few pics to make u cringe

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