Re: [TenTec] PTO lube

["Mike Hyder -N4NT-" <mike_n4nt@charter.net>]

That red stuff is probably the only grease you can buy in Seever ville.  It 
comes from the co-op.  The way I figure it, if they bought a gallon back in 
the mid 1970s, they would still have most of it left.  I had the notion that 
warming it might help my Triton 544.  I set it on a steam radiator for a few 
hours.  All it accomplished was making the rig hot.
Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ChasW3KC" <w3kc@verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] PTO lube


> The viscosity of the red stuff is fine for a while, but as
> you suggest, it does tend to eventually dry up.  Decent
> tractor lube though - where the parts get warm each time you
> use the machine.
> I used LubriMatic lithium grease the last time I rebuilt my
> PTO and it seems to be holding up well. Mobil One synthetic
> gear lube is supposedly good also, but never tried it.
> 73 Chas W3KC
>
> rob said:
> > ... I do not understand why Ten Tec continues to
> > use the red junk that turns into tar.  Maybe they bought 5
> > tons of it at
> > some point in the past.
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