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Re: Adding Gearbox Oil - TR3 & POR15

To: "Dan Buettner" <danb@thelittlemacshop.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Adding Gearbox Oil - TR3 & POR15
From: "Tom Di Iulio" <diiulio@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 08:13:00 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"
References: <1CFCBDF91211D311BF720004AC4C2D0605CA7B@MOHMCB-MX1> <v04220806b4c73260a2c6@[63.11.138.98]>
    you can get por15  from
Permanent Restoration Products
219-548-9323
227 Crabapple Lane e.
Valparaiso, In
    ask for jim krolak, he'll send you brochures and stuff.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Buettner" <danb@thelittlemacshop.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 8:07 AM
Subject: re: Adding Gearbox Oil - TR3 & POR15


>
> >
> >
> >If you do it from underneath you have to factor in the mess of the GB oil
> >that drips on you (there's something in GB oil that has a pervasive smell
> >that motor oil lacks).
> >
> >Art
>
>
> I think the smell is a nice reminder that oil, at its most basic
> level, consists of dead fish.
>
> Millions-of-years-old dead fish to be sure, with some plants &
> dinosaurs mixed in, but dead fish nonetheless.
>
>
> As for POR15 -- I have to confess my ignorance.  It sounds like it's
> a rust-protective paint of some sort, yes?  What are the advantages
> of it over, say, Rust-Oleum?  And where does one buy it?
>
> Dan
>
> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
> Dan Buettner  -  Des Moines, Iowa  -  mailto:danb@thelittlemacshop.com
>
> 1977 Spitfire, FM64159U, now with an O too. Runs & drives, but shakes
> like crazy; needs new tires and a steering/suspension rebuild.
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickndan/gmachine/greenmachine.html
>
> 1957 TR3, TS15098L. Needs an O. Undergoing frame-off restoration begun
9/99.
> http://home.earthlink.net/~nickndan/TR3/TR3.html
>
> 1988 Honda Civic 4WD Wagon. Gets me to work and back home again every day.
> No home page. (go figure)


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