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[TR] the candle trick works!

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Subject: [TR] the candle trick works!
From: "J.C. Hassall" <jhassall@blacksburg.net>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 19:35:48 -0400
Tnx to whoever posted the noted about melting candle wax to losen 
impossibly frozen hardware.  I had a 1/4 inch bolt on which I was ready to 
use a block of C4.  Figuring I had nothing to lose, I used four heat cycles 
of MAPP torch on the bolt head, followed by pressing a candle against the 
threads and against the bolt head.  The bolt all but unscrewed itself.

hth someone else.  Frankly I thought it was hokie, but the trick worked!

Jim
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Jim Hassall
Blacksburg  VA
jhassall@blacksburg.net
'63 TR4 in autox preparation - 90% finished, 90% to go


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