Have a coke

[LBrown59]

You could still get by on your other liver, or I don't know my medicine.

***You don't know your medicine.
The human body has just 1 liver.

"Other liver"??
So you've already been consuming rum today!

:thumbsup:Looks like it see *** above :laughing:

 

[bindian]

I soak seized up parts in diesel. Jet fuel if I am work.
I save Coca-cola for monthly battery terminal cleaning on my Cummins, followed by water to rinse the acid away.
Last set of diesel batteries last over 7 years.
hugs, Brandi

 

[WilliamBos]

I've never used Coca Cola for that, but when I was a police officer working at night, it was the best thing I ever found for removing the film on the windshield in rainy weather. I'd just pour it across the top of the windshield with the wipers going. If it was raining enough to wash it on off the car, that was all I did. If not, then spray it with a water hose to rinse is off. And of course, I've also done that to my personal car when I had to drive at night in wet weather.

Interesting. . Will have to try that sometime.

 

[Bird]

I keep a jug of the lower priced Appletons around and have a couple of shots before bed, one for each of my livers.

I don't guess I've seen that one. Awhile back, so friends went on vacation to Jamaica and brought me back a bottle of Rumjumbie Vanilla Splash. It sure made good pina coladas. So looked in the biggest liquor store in this area and there are several brands of vanilla flavored rum, but not that one.

 

[irvingj]

I'm guessing "Fantastic" cleaner must have hydrofluoric acid in it... it WILL etch glass if left on for any length of time. Learned that quick when I was a service tech on pinball machines; works great for removing smoke film from the cabinet, but make sure it doesn't overspray onto the glass!

Course, this was years ago, when you could still smoke in bars & game rooms....

I'd also heard about Coke for dissolving rust. When in Jr. High, we did an experiment where we put human teeth (one of my classmates' Dad was a dentist) into a glass with Coke and left it. Within weeks, all the enamel was eaten off!

 

[wawajake]

So I wonder if coke will work on a siezed lock.

Those of us in thoe north have to deal with salt spray and if you have a truck cap with those keyed handle locks, they get immersed in salt spray for four months each year and at times sieze. Even when I cover the locks with vaseline for winter.

I have one off and on my workbench soaking in WD40, maybe if that don't work I will try coke.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

So I wonder if coke will work on a siezed lock.

Those of us in thoe north have to deal with salt spray and if you have a truck cap with those keyed handle locks, they get immersed in salt spray for four months each year and at times sieze. Even when I cover the locks with vaseline for winter.

I have one off and on my workbench soaking in WD40, maybe if that don't work I will try coke.

I don't know if coke will work or not. If WD40 doesn't work, try PB blaster. Once the lock is free treat it wih a heavier spray lubricant. I hear fluid film works well.

 

[WilliamBos]

So I wonder if coke will work on a siezed lock.

Those of us in thoe north have to deal with salt spray and if you have a truck cap with those keyed handle locks, they get immersed in salt spray for four months each year and at times sieze. Even when I cover the locks with vaseline for winter.

I have one off and on my workbench soaking in WD40, maybe if that don't work I will try coke.

Try Fluid film. The drivers lock in my truck seized from lack of use, then the day the FOB battery dies (Walmart parking lot in a Rain storm, they did not stock the battery that I needed either.) I could not get the lock to open, lucky still one more shot left in the battery. Anyway, an entire winter of FF, and the lock is free again. Needless to say that I use the lock on a regular basis now.

 

[Danno1]

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For MV locks and padlocks that have to winter outside in the northern climates (salt!), I squirt them w motorcycle chain lube into the key slot. And don't be shy about the quantity! Work the key a few times while it's wet.

It's a very sticky grease to resist flinging off the chain but it comes in a spray can w an alcohol carrier to get it into small cracks. When the alcohol evaporates you have a nice even coat of grease in your locks that won't wash out for a very long time.

Been doing this for many years w/o a failure.



PS. If they're already siezed go the PBB or acetone/ATF route before the chain lube. Chainlube is for functioning mechanisms.


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[bindian]

I'm guessing "Fantastic" cleaner must have hydrofluoric acid in it... it WILL etch glass if left on for any length of time. Learned that quick when I was a service tech on pinball machines; works great for removing smoke film from the cabinet, but make sure it doesn't overspray onto the glass!

Course, this was years ago, when you could still smoke in bars & game rooms....

I'd also heard about Coke for dissolving rust. When in Jr. High, we did an experiment where we put human teeth (one of my classmates' Dad was a dentist) into a glass with Coke and left it. Within weeks, all the enamel was eaten off!

We can't use any of the store bought cleaners like Fantastic on the windshield's of airliners. The glass has protective coatings on them and the cleaner "eats" them.
hugs, Brandi

 

[irvingj]

"...windshields of airliners. The glass has protective coatings on them" Cool! Makes sense, but I didn't know that. Thanks, Brandi! :thumbsup:

("Learn sump'n new every day on TBN...")

 

[bindian]

"...windshields of airliners. The glass has protective coatings on them" Cool! Makes sense, but I didn't know that. Thanks, Brandi! :thumbsup:

("Learn sump'n new every day on TBN...")

Besides windshield wipers, airliners have a rain repellent system the pilot can squirt, like washers on your car, if the wipers quit at the "wrong" time. Mechanics hated the older systems as it takes a lot of elbow grease to remove if there is not enough rain to clean it off.

On Douglas DC-9s, the rain repellent bottle was hidden because the first system was made by Boeing. Old man Douglas said to hide the bottle as he would not have the name Boeing visible on his aircraft. On Boeings it is behind and left of the Captains seat.

Rain repellent and the heaters in between the glass panes keep the windshields clear. Besides heating for ice and fogging, the heat makes the windshields stronger to impact.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Wattsleft]

I'm not sure how well it will work in extreme cold weather , but I use BREAK-FREE, a gun lubricant on everything that sticks and squeaks here in NC with great results. I think it is silicone based , not exactly sure but it does put a protective coat on metal and will stop your guns from rusting.
Have used PB Blaster too from manifold bolts to car locks. It will penatrate well but I don't think it has anything to protect the metal in it..
I have used Coke to tenderize a cheap steak, but I prefer a 2 beer marinade...One for the steak, one for me....

 

[Don87]

I'm not sure how well it will work in extreme cold weather , but I use BREAK-FREE, a gun lubricant on everything that sticks and squeaks here in NC with great results. I think it is silicone based , not exactly sure but it does put a protective coat on metal and will stop your guns from rusting.
Have used PB Blaster too from manifold bolts to car locks. It will penatrate well but I don't think it has anything to protect the metal in it..
I have used Coke to tenderize a cheap steak, but I prefer a 2 beer marinade...One for the steak, one for me....

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Short Game]

That's where it's good to be a vegetarian. I get both beers.

 

[creekbend]

Coke or Pepsi works good on the windshield in Florida too. Gets rid of the "Love Bugs" guts on your windshield. I was crossing Alligator Alley once and when I got to the end at the Seminole Shell station, my field of vision on the windshield was perhaps the size of a silver dollar. A can of coke did the job. Cooks in country diners use coke on their grills with the aid of a wire brush to clean the cooked on grease. Happy tractoring from Creekbend

 

[Short Game]

I experienced a blizzard of monarch butterflies the one time I crossed Florida on Alligator Alley.

 

[creekbend]

I experienced a blizzard of monarch butterflies the one time I crossed Florida on Alligator Alley.

Since the budget cuts statewide, the FHP do not patrol alligator alley at night anymore. So if you break down, hopefully you will be armed. Drug runners cross over to hit I-95 on a regular basis. By the way, dragonflies can get numerous at dusk down there too.:tractor:

 

[Short Game]

Dragonflies can do an amazing job of getting out of the way. I guess they know how to use those huge eyes. I went through swarms of them in the middle of the day once on my GoldWing, crossing part of Northern CA. I could see them dodging me at the last second. I got only one in the radiator and none on the windshield. They wouldn't have sold me any Coke that day.

 

[nygaspers]

I hope it was not hydrofluoric acid in a concentration high enough to etch the glass! Any gets on your skin and it will embritle your bones.