Acetone mixed with atf is the best penetrant.

Mike
On Nov 23, 2011 10:31 AM, "Gerry Archer" <arche...@embarqmail.com> wrote:

> Autozone has "Rust Eater" which probably isn't as good as Mopar
> but it does dissolve rust.  Used it and a half dozen other products
> on a tapered part that was stuck tight.  None unstuck it by normal
> means but a 20 lb sledge finally did.
> Gerry
>
> From: "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com>
>
>> from your friendly local Dogde stealership parts counter.  Ask for Mopar
>> P/N 04318039AB,  That is the old number, but they should be able to look up
>> the new one.  There is a photo of it here:
>>
>> http://www.mopar.ca/en/**accessories/**inspectandreplaceexhaustsystem**
>> components.php<http://www.mopar.ca/en/accessories/inspectandreplaceexhaustsystemcomponents.php>
>>
>> There is also a picture of the old can on page 24 here:
>> http://starparts.chrysler.com/**starlibrary/marketing/**
>> chemicals/chemicals.pdf<http://starparts.chrysler.com/starlibrary/marketing/chemicals/chemicals.pdf>
>>
>>
>>  Tell me more about this stuff. Where do you get it?
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Nov 23, 2011, at 9:23 AM, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Use the mopar rust eater/penetrating oil with graphite.
>>> I just did the struts on a 12 yr old dodge and the bolts were rusted
>>> tight, with way more thread through the nut than necessary.  The rust eater
>>> ate the rust and I was able to get everything apart. going back together,
>>> most of the fits were like original so I could run the nuts on by hand.
>>> It was reformulated, but seems to still work well.
>>>
>>> Sure does.  My 83 has yet to see an Upstate winter.  I really hate to
>>> even
>>> drive it this winter but I currently have no choice.  The brine they are
>>> putting on the roads around here is terrible.  I live right by Watkins
>>> Glen, NY, home to Cargill, makers of the brine, so they test formulas on
>>> local roads.  I have noticed a serious uprise in the amount of rust on
>>> cars
>>> since they started with the stuff a few years ago.  Newer cars, with
>>> cheap
>>> recycled parts are terrible to work on after just a couple of winters.
>>> The
>>> bodies don't rot so bad thanks to modern corrosion inhibitors but the
>>> fasteners are frozen to the point of breaking or stripping the heads.
>>>
>>> Mike
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