any new fix for an old problem

[TCoates]

Paul,

Glad to hear your chapter got a good laugh at Fred Drash's expense.  The people
at the meeting Fred presented this chuckled a little, but respected what he had
to say.  I'm glad I respected what he had to say, as it has saved many an action
at very little cost.  By the way, I'm not a drinking man either, but I always
have bourbon in my lubricant box.  I've found Alcohol tends to disappear just
sitting in that same box.  Cheap stuff, but I need to know it's there when I
have to use it.  Since I don't drink I know the bourbon will be there when I
need to make a repair.

Tim Coates
University of South Dakota

Paul Kupelian wrote:

> Hi all,
> Thanks so much for all the input.  Since I am not a drinking man, I didn't
> have any bourbon, but it sure got a laff out of the rest of our chapter
> members.
> I tried the Alcohol/water 24 hr method that jolly recommended and it
> seems to have worked. I still have several more actions to try this
> procedure on.  I noticed some of the dampers were slow as well and when I
> took one off, I discovered someone had put a dab of glue on the outside of
> the bushing apparently to keep the center pin from wandering.  Who comes
> up with these schemes anyway?  Oh well, more job security.
>
> Paul Kupelian, RPT
> kupelian@oswego.edu
>
> On Fri, 23 Feb 2001, jolly roger wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> >