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Old 03-12-2005, 09:25 PM
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White lithium grease for apex seals, stationary gears and bearings. Then a cap full of motor oil in each exhaust port when motor is together. Spin motor slowly until fully lubed. Smokes a little but who cares.
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Old 03-12-2005, 11:06 PM
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Vaseline and oil. RTV on the legs. I gave Hylomar a try and didn't like it.
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Old 03-13-2005, 01:56 PM
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RTV on the legs.
Good idea, never would have thought of that one until i got a leak.
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Old 03-14-2005, 01:44 PM
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RTV on the legs is a whole lot easier to clean up between rebuilds than Hylomar. Even with a powerful solvent (heh, it kills insects in like 1 second), it's a pain to deal with.
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Old 03-14-2005, 01:55 PM
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[quote name='guitarjunkie28' date='Mar 11 2005, 01:27 PM']but vasaline smokes too much and doesn't hold the seals in place as well as wheel bearing grease...you gotta use 10X as much too.

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Never had any of those problems.
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Old 03-14-2005, 02:14 PM
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a dab of wheel bearing grease has the power of a big glob of vasaline.
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Old 03-15-2005, 01:21 AM
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I think I will try some wheel bearing grease.
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Old 03-15-2005, 01:29 AM
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always used vasoline and lots of oil on the plates.... the first start smoke was always like a celebration of sorts to me.









I love the smell of burning vasoline in the morning..... smells like.... 94t?
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Old 03-22-2005, 02:26 PM
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[quote name='BDC' date='Mar 10 2005, 08:27 PM']Lucas Engine Oil Stabilizer on everything.



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Tried the Lucas Engine Oil Stabilizer and it worked great. It held everything in place made things alot easier. I'm going to use it from now on great suggestion BDC.
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