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 > > > >
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