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 > > > > >
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