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On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 20:40, Jim Adney wrote: > On 1 Nov 2003 at 15:16, John T. Benedetto wrote: > > > On Sat, 1 Nov 2003, Mike Needham wrote: > > > > > Thanks for all the help. I used WD40 and it's working again. > > > Since WD-40 is NOT a lubricant, should he lubricate it with something > > else? > > Yes, WD-40 was fine for flushing it out, but it will all completely evaporate > in a few days, leaving it dry and prone to wear quickly. I recommend one of the > dry lubricants in a liquid carrier, like Dri-Slide or LocEze. > Hmmmm, WD-40 MSDS sheet says it has 15-25% petrolium base oil. Actually about the same as LPS lubricant. Dri-Slide contains "petrolium distilates" 5-15% by weight. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org