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Re: Trunion "Oiling"

To: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>
Subject: Re: Trunion "Oiling"
From: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@idirect.com>
Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 08:27:29 -0400
Joe, check out the VTR web pages. Peter Zaborski's contribution of a
Mercury Marine oiler is listed. This unit seems to fit the bill for the
Oiler fans.
I'm just a greaser.

Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario

Joe Curry wrote:
> 
> Hi Gang,
> In working on the Spit this weekend, I finally got a chance to test a
> theory I have been playing with.  I always wondered how you could get 90
> weight gear oil in the front trunions when I can't find a grease gun
> cartridge filled with the stuff.
> 
> Because I ran out of grease in my gun, I unscrewed the end and poured
> about a pint of 90 weight gear oil into the empty tube and reattached
> the end.  After pumping quite a bit of air out of the gun, I discovered
> that if the gun is held higher than the grease nipple, the oil can
> indeed be pumped into the trunion.
> 
> Whether it will "stay" in there is a different matter!
> 
> So now I know.
> 
> Joe Curry
> --
> "If you can't excel with talent, triumph with effort."
> 
>  -- Dave Weinbaum in National Enquirer

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