[AT] 430V

[Mike M]

I've heard of the diet coke idea as well. To think I used to drink the 
stuff.

Spencer, this has been a long thread, and your patience is incredible. 
Would it be possible to give a short summary of what's been tried so far?

Mike M


On 9/12/2017 1:10 PM, k7jdj at aol.com wrote:
> I have used diet coke (Phosphoric acid).  Not sure it would work for Spencer since the oils run through. Used diet to avoid some of the sticky sugar.
>
> Gary
>
> Renton, WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com>
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tue, Sep 12, 2017 9:29 am
> Subject: Re: [AT] 430V
>
> I wonder if you can do electrolysis inside of a cylinder kind of like on
> that gas tank cleaning thread?
> Hey, it's one more thing to try...
> :-)
>
> .
> On Sep 12, 2017 10:20 AM, "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
>
>> I would have to agree, as much as I hate to st art another project.
>> However, it is a great learning experience for all of us to see what
>> really works on a stuck engine.
>> Cecil
>>
>>
>> On 9/12/2017 8:24 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:
>>> Spencer , my only comment would be , you have a lot more patience than
>> me .
>>> I would of done tore this sucker down and get to the bottom of the
>> problems
>>> and I don`t mean this in a sarcastic way .
>>> Just my thoughts .
>>> Bo Hinch in s/w louisiana
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:24 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Here are the borescope pictures I promised. The first is the top of the
>>>> cylinder, the second is the bottom. As you can tell neither show a
>>>> condition that is ideal; but the cylinder clearly is not a total wreck.
>> In
>>>> fact the pictures make it look much worse than it is to the naked eye. I
>>>> highlighted the galvanic corrosion at the bottom of the piston skirt.
>> It's
>>>> not very visible but is obvious to the naked eye. At the top I
>> highlighted
>>>> what is fresh metal that showed up after the refrigerant trick and a
>> small
>>>> "pop" that sounded like a movement to me.
>>>>
>>>> But look at the pics and I will let you be the judge.
>>>>
>>>> PS: I think I have decided that pop was expansion/contraction and the
>>>> fresh metal is the refrigerant boiling away rust flakes.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>> On Sep 11, 2017, at 1:57 PM, Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com>
>> wrote:
>>>>> Spencer Yost wrote:
>>>>>> Sorry to reply to my own post, but I forgot to ask:  what is the oil
>>>>>> in the refrigerant? I'd like to know what that is. I think that would
>>>>>> make a very good penetrant. That stuff is _slick_.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Spencer Yost
>>>>>
>>>>> Most automotive use is PAG 46 AKA Polyalkylene Glycol Viscosity 46
>>>>> SLIPPERY stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> It's available in a few viscosities.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Steve W.
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