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Re: [TowerTalk] Getting old tubing apart

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Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Getting old tubing apart
From: "Marlon Schafer (509-982-2181)" <ooe@odessaoffice.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 14:14:42 -0800
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My DeSoto had a frozen engine when I got it.  I put some Marvel Mystery Oil
in each hole and let it sit for half a day.  Broke it loose by hand after
that.  Amazing stuff.

Marlon
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tuva Traveler" <tuvaorbust@hotmail.com>
To: <rex@lint.mv.com>; <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 1:49 PM
Subject: [TowerTalk] Getting old tubing apart


> Arne,
>
> What lubricant did you use to get things apart?
>
> Rex K1HI
>
> After the usual, penetrating oil, etc...I had some success using a
> bernzomatic torch and a hammer, tapping, to heat and break up the fuzed
> oxides inside the frozen tubes....
>
> 73, de Pat AA6EG
> aa6eg@hotmail.com
>
> _________________________________________________________________

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