[AT] General questions

[charlie hill]

remember the chain oilers on bicycles? That might be before your time 
Spencer
but there used to be a piece of felt or something on a metal bracket.  You 
oiled it
and it rubbed against the chain as it ran.  You can fabricate something like 
that or
just dip an old paint brush in oil and hold it on the chain for a few 
revolutions.

A propane torch, unlit but with the valve open works pretty well for vacuum 
leaks as
long as you are in open air with no close by ignition source.

Charlie



-----Original Message----- 
From: Grant Brians
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 10:08 AM
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Subject: Re: [AT] General questions

On finding vacuum leaks I have always used Carb cleaner....
                Grant Brians
On 11/13/2017 6:23 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> I have two general questions that I have always wanted answers to, and I 
> seem too intellectually challenged enough to solve on my own:
>
> How do you oil very long chains(i.e. my baler or sawmill) without wasting 
> tons of oil and making a mess?  I sit there with a plunger style oil can 
> and oil when it's running.  But even  that seems sub optimal. There has to 
> be a better way?
>
> As Dean VP indicated in an earlier post, I should use WD-40 to hunt for 
> vacuum leaks on my 430. I have done that before, and I did it again with 
> the 430(to no avail). But I did hear many years ago that the only reason 
> that WD40 used to work is because butane was the propellant and it no 
> longer is the propellant.  Is that true?  Is there a better way to find 
> vacuum leaks?   An unlit propane torch came to mind but sounded dangerous.
>
> Thanks!  Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
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