| To: | Ken Gano <triumphs@mcleodusa.net> |
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| Subject: | Re: Non Triumph - help needed - and rusty bolts |
| From: | "Michael D. Porter" <mporter@zianet.com> |
| Date: | Tue, 11 Apr 2000 23:11:11 -0600 |
| Cc: | Andy Dixon <amdixon@erols.com>, John Macartney <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>, Triumph Mailing List <triumphs@autox.team.net> |
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| Organization: | Barely enough |
| References: | <NEBBJIEOALHHGANNIEEEIEKOCBAA.triumphs@mcleodusa.net> |
Ken Gano wrote: > > Makes sense to me. After all, water IS the ultimate solvent. The most dramatic one I've heard yet is to dead short a fully-charged battery across two flats of a nut for a second or so.... Is supposed to heat the nut so quickly that it can be removed before the bolt warms up. The rust in the threads is supposed to act as an insulator. But, then again, I'm the person, at fourteen, who tried to hot-start the family `54 Oldsmobile with my father's favorite flat-blade screwdriver and left a large glob of deposited metal on the tip.... <g> Cheers. -- Michael D. Porter Roswell, NM mailto: mporter@zianet.com `70 GT6+ (being refurbished, slowly) `71 GT6 Mk. III (organ donor) `72 GT6 Mk. III (daily driver) `64 TR4 (awaiting intensive care) |
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