[AT] General questions

[Henry Miller]

I wouldn't expect most attempts to lubricate a chain to make a
difference. You need the lube inside, but you are putting it on the
outside. 

-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com

On Tue, Nov 14, 2017, at 04:42 AM, Herb Metz wrote:
> Decades ago when I had an English motorcycle as my sole means of school 
> transportation, that same chain lubrication concern arose.  With/without 
> lubrication did not seem to significantly affect chain life, and
> lubrication 
> would occasionally spot the back of one's clothing; so no lubrication.
> We had many chains on our old 1930s Case 12' combine; Dad never
> lubricated 
> them.  He made sure every bearing (32 of them) got zerk gun grease 
> lubrication; I had to count them as I lubricated them.  Herb(GA)
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Spencer Yost
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2017 9:23 PM
> To: at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Subject: [AT] General questions
> 
> 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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