Well, the only way we ever come across the stuff is at a swap meet. I did find a link to get it online. If you follow the link you can order off of there. I plan on buying a case when I get paid again. Its the cheapest route and it doesnt go bad and will be used. Cheap wise i dont know if its cheaper but im a firm believer that its worth every penny.
On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:59 AM, stanley/ Randolph <tinkrm...@yahoo.com>wrote: > You're reading words from a person who has long been looking for > something inexpensive to use because WD40, I am sorry, is not worth the > money. Gibbs sounds like one really good alternative. Do you know its > chemical coomposition? We don't have it around here because all the > mom-and-pops have already been put out of business. > > *Stanley* > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Josh Bowlin <schwah...@gmail.com> > *To:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2009 8:51:40 AM > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating properly > > Ok the story behind me and gibbs is as follows. My dad and i run antique > gas engines. When I was 10 we were at our summer show and there was a gentle > men who gave my father a 4oz sample can. At that point and time my father > had just restored a john deer tractor and the throttle was sticking sooo bad > that he would have to ball up a fist and knock on it pretty hard to get the > tractor to idle faster, and he would have to hit it hard several times to > get it to rev the motor up. Well he tried all kinds of things, WD-40, oil, > grease, etc..well he sprayed some gibbs on it and we were both like Meh it > wont work... Well as most things we got busy and it sat for a day or two, > then we went out and fired up the tractor, my dad reached up with a balled > fist and knocked on the throttle like he normally would and damn > near broke the throttle off the tractor. Since that day i have lived by the > stuff. You can use it as a lubricant, a cleaner, a rubber/plastic > protectant, we have used it like ether to make an engine fire, we have > polished chrome and metal with it, it prevents rust. We have sprayed it on > distributers and it works as a waterproofer. Now i dont know how many of > you know how a distrubutor works on an engine but if they get wet they are > royally screwed till they dry out. Well im confident enough (and ive done > it before) that i willl spray down the distributer with gibbs and then dump > a bucket of water on it with the engine/motor running and guarantee it wont > miss a lick. So in other words I replaced my can of WD-40 about 13 years > ago and use the gibbs for what it could do and then some. if you have > any other types of questions about it just ask lol. > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:37 AM, Creative Residential Designs < > finderskeep...@qwest.net> wrote: > >> Hey Josh...how does the Gib's compare to WD-40? I live by WD-40 and keep >> a can next to my bike at all times. I anoint my bikes from top to bottom >> with a rag o' WD-40 chrome and all. It stops rust on my chrome dead in it's >> tracks along with all of it's other applications. I'm always open to try a >> new thing though. HotrodMamma. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Josh Bowlin <schwah...@gmail.com> >> *To:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com >> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:03 AM >> *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Choke not operating properly >> >> http://threepeaksproducts.com/products/gibbslube/ >> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 8:02 AM, Josh Bowlin <schwah...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I use a product called Gib's, something i live by. But if you dont have >>> any you can always try to put some wd-40 on the choke cable to make sure its >>> lubed correctly or you can check to make sure its not getting stuck up on >>> the carbs or just pure and simple stuck on the carbs. Also try some wd-40 >>> on the working mechanism on the carbs. >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
