any new fix for an old problem

[jolly roger]

Rob, 
        Being cheap, just buy a small bottle of rubbing alcohol from the
drugstore.  The alcohol acts as a wetting agent, the water does the
shrinking. The ratio is not too critical.
Once you get the bushings wet, the action will cease up pretty well, don't
be alarmed, once the action dries out all should be well.
Roger


At 12:45 AM 2/24/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Roger,
>
>Do you think the 50/50 solution would be about 40 proof?
>
>Rob Edwardsen
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
>To: <caut@ptg.org>
>Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:41 PM
>Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem
>
>
>> Hi Paul,
>>               Shrink the bushing cloth with 50% water/alcohol, leave for
>> 24hrs to dry slowly.  It will shrink the bushing to size.
>> If you speed dry, it tends to over size the bushings.
>> Regards Roger
>>
>> At 08:18 PM 2/23/01 -0500, you wrote:
>> >Hi All,
>> >Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the
>> >field" at some local colleges and schools.  A Baldwin 243HP action was
>> >treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very
>> >sluggish at times.  After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for
>a
>> >while.  Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges,
>to
>> >drive out the mineral oil?
>> >
>> >I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice
>> >from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before.
>> >
>> >Paul Kupelian, RPT
>> >kupelian@oswego.edu
>> >
>>
>>
>