No good as freeing liquid, but I reallt rate GT85 for electrical and low key lube
WD40 or alternative
- Thread starter casemx 270
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- 200 miles N,NW of New York
Most motor factors sell it,
Screw fix sells it, yes it's about still,
The best product I've found is "Ambersil 40+" which is also safe on paint and plastics.
I buy it in a 5 litre can from Bearingboys and use a pump action 1 litre solvent spray bottle to apply it as cheap trigger spray bottles don't like the solvent unless they have Viton seals.
I buy it in a 5 litre can from Bearingboys and use a pump action 1 litre solvent spray bottle to apply it as cheap trigger spray bottles don't like the solvent unless they have Viton seals.
smcapstick
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- Location
- Kirkby Lonsdale
I use duck oil in a squirty bottle. Almost more as a cleaning fluid than penetrating oil, though - I’m a heat man. If something is stuck, I usually warm it up.
Engine oil for sliding PTO shafts. Always have a half full baked bean tin with a paintbrush in it handy.
Mixed oil and grease for threads (including top links and similar). Baked bean tin and brush again.
Copper grease is always handy, too.
Engine oil for sliding PTO shafts. Always have a half full baked bean tin with a paintbrush in it handy.
Mixed oil and grease for threads (including top links and similar). Baked bean tin and brush again.
Copper grease is always handy, too.
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
I'm a big fan of the Wurth 2040 in aerosols.
Cheaper than WD40 and is a superb lubricant when undoing rusty threads.
I've some Wurth injector release agent too that I use for freeing really rusty stuff, not it's intended use but I like it.
I must have another go with some Rostoff ice...
Cheaper than WD40 and is a superb lubricant when undoing rusty threads.
I've some Wurth injector release agent too that I use for freeing really rusty stuff, not it's intended use but I like it.
I must have another go with some Rostoff ice...
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Animals! Take a car tyre tubeless valve assembly, pull spray nozzle off can and place valve over stem, press down hard and recharge with compressed air.That’s what I always find, you end up stabbing the can with a screwdriver to use it up
Edit.
With apologies to @Pistonbroke who shared the video
Pistonbroke
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It's alright. I'm used to it .Even my wife ignores me
yeah ,morning after a night on the beer ,or baked beans on brown bread toast no prob...
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Twasnt ignoring you, just didn't read till end of thread before replying.It's alright. I'm used to it .Even my wife ignores me
- Location
- North West
Ok, so your in the middle of a field an need to adjust something
and find it’s a bit tight. Look in the tractor tool box and there’s a wd40 spray can, feels half full, you think 
cash back I’m in luck 
.Press the button on top and not even a dribbling tip
.So then what
? It’s reach for the screwdriver time 
. Job sorted 
Dave W
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- Location
- chesterfield
That’s the best stuff I’ve found
Pistonbroke
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Our car mechanic used to be at a Vauxhall dealership and they were supplied with some stuff in white cans with very little labelling,that had Teflon in it. He swears there's nothing to touch it but I don't know the trade name until I call in there
Nearly
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- North of York
Anything is better than wd40 for the money.
A victory for marketing over performance.
Diesel, paraffin, gt50, penetrating oil all better.
Best one I saw recently was brake cleaner on threads of studs on an exhaust manifold by @TripleSix .
Not one broken.
A victory for marketing over performance.
Diesel, paraffin, gt50, penetrating oil all better.
Best one I saw recently was brake cleaner on threads of studs on an exhaust manifold by @TripleSix .
Not one broken.
TripleSix
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- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
No that was that injector release agent.
- Location
- Cambs/Suffolk/Norfolk
I used either SAS spray, love the smell!! Or pocket rocket, the pocket rocket is quite a thin make up and the cans seem to have really good pressure in them. Handy for cleaning grease nipple holes ect
Ploughmaster
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- Lincolnshire
Standard WD40 was originally formulated to displace moisture (WD=Water Displacement), rather than as a penetrating release fluid or a lubricant. That is still what it is best at.
A couple of people have already mentioned Plus Gas; a product which disappeared from sale some years ago, but made a reappearance a couple of years back. As far as a penerating release fluid goes, I have always found it very good indeed, way better than WD40. Plus Gas is principally kerosene (about 95%), whereas WD40 is kerosene with a fair quantity of oils and surfactants in it.
I've not used it (yet), but I am told that Bulldog BDX is a very good release agent, and one review I have read suggested that it is noticeably better than Plus Gas.
A couple of people have already mentioned Plus Gas; a product which disappeared from sale some years ago, but made a reappearance a couple of years back. As far as a penerating release fluid goes, I have always found it very good indeed, way better than WD40. Plus Gas is principally kerosene (about 95%), whereas WD40 is kerosene with a fair quantity of oils and surfactants in it.
I've not used it (yet), but I am told that Bulldog BDX is a very good release agent, and one review I have read suggested that it is noticeably better than Plus Gas.
TVO used to be teh preferred product when I first came here and there was a barrel under the barn!
tomlad
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- nr. preston
Tvo , basically kerosene
Tractor vaporising oil
What about duck oil , don't think anyone has mentioned that one
Tractor vaporising oil
What about duck oil , don't think anyone has mentioned that one