Thread: The restoration of Wombat

Originally Posted by Don 130

This may help with a penetrating solution for your frozen on nuts.
Don.

Thanks for that Don. I'm certainly going to give it a go, lots of lots of dark brown nuts on this Landy. Wonder what you use to apply it. A small pump action oil can?

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Clips are for crank handle and jack handle. Bolts at the back of the cab were probably put nut upwards for neatness - the turnup of the roof frame hides them.

John

Thanks. I was pretty sure one set was for the crank but there seemed to be too many clips. Jack handle!

Two piece jack handle, long bar and cross handle.

John

Originally Posted by crackers

Thanks for that Don. I'm certainly going to give it a go, lots of lots of dark brown nuts on this Landy. Wonder what you use to apply it. A small pump action oil can?

I had read about the 50% ATF - 50% Acetone mix before but after reading that test I'm going out at first light to give the mix a try.

They arranged a subjective test of all the popular penetrants with the control being the torque required to remove the nut from a "scientifically rusted" environment.

*Penetrating oil ..... Average load*

[​IMG] None ..................... 516 pounds
[​IMG] WD-40 .................. 238 pounds
[​IMG] PB Blaster ............. 214 pounds
[​IMG] Liquid Wrench ..... 127 pounds
[​IMG] Kano Kroil ............ 106 pounds
[​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG] ATF-Acetone mix....53 pounds

The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50 - 50 automatic transmission fluid and acetone. Note the "home brew" was better than any commercial product in this one particular test. Our local machinist group mixed up a batch, and we all now use it with equally good results.

I might try a empty hand sprayer, the type that shower bay cleaner comes in. I'm not sure if the plastic would like the acetone though.

Where do you get Acetone?
Is "Nail Polish Remover" sufficient to do the job.


Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

I might try a empty hand sprayer, the type that shower bay cleaner comes in. I'm not sure if the plastic would like the acetone though.

I always save the wd40 in the bottom of the can after the pressure runs out and deposit the remains in a metal plant sprayer thing you can get from kmart for a couple of bucks. Its got an adjustable nozzle so you can get the accuracy fairly good.
cheers,
D

Originally Posted by mick88

Where do you get Acetone?

1 litre cans in Hardware store's paints section.

Is "Nail Polish Remover" sufficient to do the job.

Don't let mother know!!
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Well, I've given the brew a try and to be honest, I can't say it made any difference. Mind you, the nut in question is a particularly nasty one and, being on a loose bolt and now down near the end of it (where I got it using WD40), you can't get anything to sit still while you work the spanners. I've left it soaking, and a few others, but can see I'm going to go through a lot of Dremel cutting wheels before this job is over (you won't get a hacksaw in there).

As for the brew itself, I do have to wonder how well the two mix. I used an old Singer sewing machine oil bottle, half filled it with ATF, topped up with acetone, shook it, up ended it, did anything I could think of and the top of the fluid is just a very light pink which makes me wonder if the bulk of the ATF isn't sulking on the bottom. Why would you imagine acetone would dissolve ATF anyway? It's not as though it's a recognised solvent for hydrocarbons.

Just my thoughts but apart from some skin missing and a bolt head that is now a little rounded (wasn't before tonight), I'm no further down the track.