Excuse my ignorance, but why would one wish to put 90 weight gesr oil in the
trunions?
Jim Dean
68 GT6 (Parts for the 69)
69 GT6 (soon to be one with the 68)
Joe Curry wrote:
> Hi Gang,
> In working on the Spit this weekend, I finally got a chance to test a
> theory I have been playing with. I always wondered how you could get 90
> weight gear oil in the front trunions when I can't find a grease gun
> cartridge filled with the stuff.
>
> Because I ran out of grease in my gun, I unscrewed the end and poured
> about a pint of 90 weight gear oil into the empty tube and reattached
> the end. After pumping quite a bit of air out of the gun, I discovered
> that if the gun is held higher than the grease nipple, the oil can
> indeed be pumped into the trunion.
>
> Whether it will "stay" in there is a different matter!
>
> So now I know.
>
> Joe Curry
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
>
> -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer
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