Penetrating Oil Advice

[uhn113x]

Eh?

[CitroJim]

WD40 isn't a penetrating oil and neither does it purport to be.

its not even and oil it a moisture replant

And a rubbish one at that

[myglaren]

WD-40 Wicki

Wintergreen oil is said to be an excellent penetrating/release oil and anti rust agent.
Seriously carcinogenic and toxic though.

[Bannedbiker]

WD-40 Wicki

Wintergreen oil is said to be an excellent penetrating/release oil and anti rust agent.
Seriously carcinogenic and toxic though.

Probably why I love the smell of the stuff!!!

[CitroJim]

Wintergreen? Is that the stuff old ladies liked to sniff? Smelling Salts?

The smell of it is absolutely bloody revolting.

On WD40 I see it's largely what we know as white spirit. No wonder I'm no fan of it. I'm allergic to white spirit...

[uhn113x]

Years ago, nay, decades ago, I helped a pal fit a recon engine from BMC (or whoever they were called then) on a Mini; the "running-in oil" that it was supplied with had a weird smell and someone said that was wintergreen.

Wasn't smelling salts a mixture of ammonia and eucalyptus?

I'll stick with sniffing curry spices.

Jim; never tried drinking white spirit but it sure is useful for clock cleaning!

[CitroJim]

... had a weird smell and someone said that was wintergreen.

No, that was a pickled egg left on the exhaust manifold by one of the assembly workers Mike...

Clocks... That reminds me Mike. We must speak at some point when we both have time

[uhn113x]

Mmmm ... pickled eggs ... Walnuts are even better.

OT, but that reminds me about something in one of the motoring comics years ago talking about wrapping various bits of grub in foil and tying them to the front pipe/manifold! I kid you not! Sausages, 30 miles; bacon, 20 miles et al.

Jim, your clock(s) - email me (better than PM as you'll probably need to attach pics) and we'll sort something.

[CitroJim]

Dad has told me of boiling eggs in the rad header tanks on the lorries he used to drive during the war. He's got many great tales of his exploits with the RASC as a convoy mechanic and despatch rider... He had a good war - in parts... Going into Belsen with the liberation forces wasn't so good though...

Jim, your clock(s) - email me (better than PM as you'll probably need to attach pics) and we'll sort something.

Excellent Mike. I will do just that

[citroenxm]

Excellent advice gents, not sure when clocks were usefull for releaseing agents....

[CitroJim]

not sure when clocks were usefull for releaseing agents....

When I’ve got time I'll tell you Paul

It's just normal FCF topic drift I've been noticing recently just how far some topics do drift and how quickly too - it's getting worse I see Club-XM is not exactly immune either....

Caught it from the FCF I expect...

[citroenxm]

I can do something aboit on club xm but not here

[myglaren]

Going into Belsen with the liberation forces wasn't so good though...

My mother was there for that, and Auschwitz. I wonder if they might have known one another?

[CitroJim]

Going into Belsen with the liberation forces wasn't so good though...

My mother was there for that, and Auschwitz. I wonder if they might have known one another?

Funny you should say that Steve; Dad's mob were almost all Geordies....

He speaks very highly of Geordies, as do I

[myglaren]

My mother wasn't a Geordie - a Welsh Yorkshirewoman although she was stationed on the sea front in Sunderland before shipping over to France/Belgium/Germany.