Myles did mention freshly drained gear oil. Smells like a sewer to me.
My wife keeps saying the next house has to have a shower in the garage
so I can be "hosed down" before rejoining the human race (go inside the
house). The synthetic gear lubes don't smell quite as bad.
There's also a unique smell that freshly removed oil and grease seals
have.
Here's another: the smell of a Weber carb opened up for a rebuild.
Robin Hawley wrote:
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> Hi Gang,
>
> Not that I love the smell but I am amazed that no one has brought up one
> of the more obvious, gear oil. You know the stuff that makes your wife
> say "what's that smell in the garage?" Oh and how about acetylene too.
> Not to mention the various scents of of welding and brazing and
> soldering.
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