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My local shop didn't have Plus Gas.
Offered me WD 40, realised, from my expression, that I knew that this is most definitely not a penetrating fluid.
Said that a mixture of diesel and acetone was particularly effective.
I only had a tiny amount of acetone, so have used it once.
Appeared to work.
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I have actually been using diesel, but there is a historic deep-seated use of 'WD40' as a descriptive thing . I'll bring the nail varnish remover home though... I did make a concoction after a previous forum thread, but have forgotten what I made it up in and what it smells like.
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Location: The village of Evenley
Car type: 1934 Austin Seven RP Deluxe
I've been using the WD40 "specialist penetrant" in recent weeks and it has proved to be very effective and amazingly fast...I have no connection with WD40 by the way!
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Location: Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood County
Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
When I did my steering box I took off the front plate complete with gear wheel and steering arm. I then gripped the column in my vice and screwed the box from the column. It was tight so I completely removed the pinch bolt and gently tapped a wedge down the opening to open the threads a little. It does not want much at all the free it up. It can off then and all went back together ok with the pinch bolt tightening thing up again after adjustment.
John Mason
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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John - brilliant thought. Can't wait to try that. Seems so darned obvious now I've read it but I seem to get a sort of anxiety blindness come down over me when confronted with things not doing as they are meant to in the bleeding book...
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I would give it quite a lot of heat.
It is probably what I call "a two blowlamp job", not one for the oxy-propane.
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Location: Nottinghamshire. Robin Hood County
Car type: Austin Ruby Mk1 1935
With mine I put a narrow brass drift into the slots for the now removed locking bolt and gently tapped it round to unscrew it as I hadn’t got a ‘C’ spanner.
John Mason
Would you believe it "Her who must be obeyed" refers to my Ruby as the toy.
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JonE: are you thinking of a 50:50 mix of auto transmission fluid and acetone? A lot of operators swear by that mix.
Also if you can get your hands on CRC Penetr8 [I think that's how they style it] disregard the 'freeze' claims, but whatever the penetrating agent is that they put in it, it works very well. Disclaimer: I haven't tried it on steering boxes....
