[DeTomaso] penetrants

[boyd casey]

I appreciate your humor but isn;t there a difference between gm re ATF and
other ATF out there? I haven't had an automatic for a long time but I seen
to remember a major dirrerence and I wonder if it mskes a diiderence for tji
definitly "off lable" application
Boyd

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 10:34 PM, Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net> wrote:

>  Well, it's GOTTA be Ford... for that Fix Or Repair Daily stuff. :>))
>
> Darrell
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* boyd casey <boyd411 at gmail.com>
> *To:* Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net>
> *Cc:* detomaso at realbig.com
> *Sent:* Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:27 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [DeTomaso] penetrants
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> Is it Ford or GM  atf?
>
> Boyd
>
> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Mountjoy <dsmtjoy at cox.net> wrote:
>
>> Don't know if people have seen this but since so many of us are working on
>> our cars I thought I'd post this.  Interesting findings...
>>
>> Darrell
>>
>>
>> "The following may be of interest to those doing restorations.
>>
>> Machinist's Workshop magazine tested penetrants for break out torque on
>> rusted nuts.  They arranged a subjective test of all the popular
>> penetrants
>> with the control being the torque required  to remove the nut from a
>> "scientifically rusted" environment. The results  are as follows;
>>
>> Penetrating oil.......... Average  load
>>
>> None ........................ 516  pounds
>> WD-40 ..................... 238  pounds
>> PB Blaster ................ 214  pounds
>> Liquid Wrench ......... 127  pounds
>> Kano Kroil ................ 106  pounds
>> ATF-Acetone mix.........53 pounds
>>
>> The ATF-Acetone mix was a "home brew" mix of 50-50 automatic transmission
>> fluid and acetone."
>>
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