Sounds like bushing cloth shrinking solution for those who have switched to Scotch<G> Sid Blum sid@sover.net ----- Original Message ----- From: TCoates <tcoates@dtgnet.com> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 10:31 PM Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem > I've been flamed for this one before, but I'll post if again. > > Use a large animal syringe to soak the flanges with bourbon. It has to be > bourbon. I got this tip from a seminar in Chicago with Fred Drash about 23 > years ago. It works every time for me. I don't find Protek to be much of a > permanent solution for anything. > > Tim Coates > > Paul Kupelian 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
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