[Tigers] Off Topic---weird too (ATF/Acetone)

[Ron Fraser]

Tom
	I use straight ATF for a couple of reasons - Acetone flames when a
torch is applied - ATF usually just smokes but will flare up.  ATF seems to
be a great penetrating oil and I have a couple gallons of used ATF on hand.

If you can heat the bolts then put ATF on them it will help. I have done
this with bleeder screws and they are loose in about 5 minutes.   The heat
helps draw the ATF into the threads.

I soaked a bolt that I could not move with a 3/8 drive socket - in ATF
overnight - I removed the bolt with a 1/4 drive in the morning.  That result
got me hooked on ATF as a penetrating oil.

I believe the Acetone will help the ATF penetrate but I have had good
results with just ATF.

Ron Fraser


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From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Thomas Witt
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:38 PM
To: tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Off Topic---weird too (ATF/Acetone)


Maybe it is the Acetone we have available here in California... .  I made
the ATF/Acetone 50/50 mixture. I liberally applied it at least twice a day,
for 5 days, on bolts/nuts that I had scraped the gunk and wire brushed the
loose rust off.  The fasteners were still nearly impossible to get off.  And

the area where the nut was on the bolt - was completely dry.  There was
absolutely no penetration what so ever.  Not an odd bolt/nut either.  There
were ten bolts/nuts I was attempting to remove.  But, being a crash test
dummy for Murphy's Law what should I have expected.

Tom
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