Tom
I use straight ATF for a couple of reasons - Acetone flames when a
torch is applied - ATF usually just smokes but will flare up. ATF seems to
be a great penetrating oil and I have a couple gallons of used ATF on hand.
If you can heat the bolts then put ATF on them it will help. I have done
this with bleeder screws and they are loose in about 5 minutes. The heat
helps draw the ATF into the threads.
I soaked a bolt that I could not move with a 3/8 drive socket - in ATF
overnight - I removed the bolt with a 1/4 drive in the morning. That result
got me hooked on ATF as a penetrating oil.
I believe the Acetone will help the ATF penetrate but I have had good
results with just ATF.
Ron Fraser
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From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Thomas Witt
Sent: Monday, June 10, 2013 9:38 PM
To: tigers@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Off Topic---weird too (ATF/Acetone)
Maybe it is the Acetone we have available here in California... . I made
the ATF/Acetone 50/50 mixture. I liberally applied it at least twice a day,
for 5 days, on bolts/nuts that I had scraped the gunk and wire brushed the
loose rust off. The fasteners were still nearly impossible to get off. And
the area where the nut was on the bolt - was completely dry. There was
absolutely no penetration what so ever. Not an odd bolt/nut either. There
were ten bolts/nuts I was attempting to remove. But, being a crash test
dummy for Murphy's Law what should I have expected.
Tom
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