Actually it was power steering fluid, not ATF. Personally, I can't imagine there's a lot of difference between the two (ATF & PSF).
http://sterkel.org/papers/vintage/Testing_Penetrating_Oils.pdf Dan --- On Fri, 1/15/10, Anthony Galioto <agali...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Anthony Galioto <agali...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Penetrating Oil - Acetone & ATF > To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Date: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:59 PM > Here is the original test > AG > > Found this on a MGB list I'm on. Don't know how > scientific it is but it > seems convincing. > > Here's some interesting > comparisons on penetrating oils. > > Machinist's Workshop magazine actually tested penetrates > for break-out > torque on rusted nuts. They arranged a subjective test of > all the popular > penetrates with the control being the torque required to > remove the nut from > a > "scientifically rusted" environment. > > *Penetrating Oil and Average Load* > > Nothing..................... 516 pounds > > WD-40........................ 238 pounds > > PB Blaster................ 214 pounds > > Liquid Wrench......... 127 pounds > > Kano Kroil................ 106 pounds > > 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. Note also that "Liquid > Wrench" is about > as > good as "Kroil" for about 20% of the price. > > Take care - > Larryt > 74 911 > 91 300D > > On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> > wrote: > > > I just do an approx 50:50 mix. > > > > The acetone will evaporate off pretty quickly, so > don't make more than you > > plan to use. Unless you have an airtight > (probably metal or something the > > acetone won't eat) container. > > > > Allan > > > > On Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:24 -0800, "LWB250" <lwb...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > I was talking to some of my jukebox restoration > buddies about penetrating > > > oils, and they had never heard of the acetone and > ATF brew. I couldn't > > > recall what the proper ratio of ATF to acetone > that was suggested - can > > > someone refresh my memory? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > > To search list archives http://www..okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz..com > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
