Doesn’t the oil eventually eat away at the rubber? Along those lines, stay away from brake fluid….. (ducking).
Rory From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy via Af Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 1:36 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Lubricant for pulling wire in conduit? I know a guy (looking at shoes) who may have dumped a quart of motor oil into a conduit once On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Chuck McCown via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: What is the diameter of the pipe? I prefer to tie a plastic baggie to a lightweight pull string, then use a shop vacuum to suck it through. Then use the string to pull the wire. -----Original Message----- From: cstanners--- via Af Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 12:48 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Lubricant for pulling wire in conduit? I'm at a residential customer install and I may have bitten off more than I can chew - I agreed to attempt to install on their garage and pull wire to their house through a pipe (since they have a metal roof the only other place I can install is on the front of their house - ugly). It's taking forever to pull that wire due to friction/ angles, and the shop has no wire-pulling "butter". Would dish soap work or is there something else easily available? -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
