[TR] TR3 suspension

[Alex & Janet Thomson]

Most shops will use a service such as Safety-Kleen to maintain a parts
washing machine. That way, the service company has to deal with the
legalities and issues. For a price, naturally. You can buy 5 gallon cans of
parts washing fluid from NAPA and use it in your own machine. I think the
NAPA part # is 6505 or 6510.  Some vendors offer a water based solvent but
I'm not sure how effective they are.

Now, how to get rid of the old stuff - Living in a cold climate, I have a 3
barrel wood stove for shop heat. Small amounts of used parts cleaner is used
to help start a fire. No different than charcoal lighter fluid. In fact,
most commercial parts washing solutions are a variation of mineral spirits.
I change the fluid in my machine every other year so this works well for me.
I'm not suggesting that you carry a quart of dirty parts washing fluid
through your living room so that you can chuck it into the family room wood
stove!

If you don't have a home method of disposal, you could check with your town
dump/transfer station. They may have a disposal tank but be prepared to pay.
A big issue there is that too often, uneducated people will attempt to throw
out truly hazardous chemicals into the waste oil receptacle.

Alex T.

-----Original Message-----
From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of TERRY
SMITH
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 10:54 PM
To: Randall; dave; Triumphs List
Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 suspension

moment of idle curiosity here.  am taking parts to the machine shop and
wondering what exactly is the bath they clean greasey parts.

is it a solvent and if so, how do they disposeof so much of it

terry smith
tr3a
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