[AT] JD Distributor vs. Magneto - NOW: Let the Resurrection Begin!

[Cecil Bearden]

Apple Cider Vinegar makes a good rust remover also.  It will free up 
bolts.  They get real clean when you remove them.  Usually look black 
like they were blued..
Cecil

On 3/18/2020 3:51 AM, Indiana Robinson wrote:
> Years ago when I got my 1948 John Deere A both brakes were stuck tight 
> and the guy I got it from had pulled the brakes out so he could tow it 
> from out in the woods where it had sat for about 15 years up to his 
> tool shed. He had bought that farm and the  JD A and an IH M were 
> sitting in the woods. The original owner had retired and later died.
> I was not having any luck with heat and lube so I suspended them down 
> in a plastic barrel full of water and baking soda, dropped in an anode 
> bar and connected a battery charger to the anode and to the wire 
> suspending the brake units. I don't recall polarity right now but you 
> can Google it. I think I left them in a couple of days and it worked 
> perfectly except it did remove most of the paint too. I lubed the 
> splash holes for the shafts and the pedal shafts and the brakes worked 
> fine. I highly recommend it.
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> Central Indiana USA
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