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1. Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: pat bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 09:33:34 -0800
I was watching Automobiles on the History channel last night and the show was on the '55 to '57 Chevies,one of the problems was that the V8 burned oil,as much as a qt every 200 miles!The fix the comp
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00469.html (8,001 bytes)

2. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: mmcewen@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca (John McEwen)
Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 10:58:31 -0500
Hi Pat: Yes the use of Bon Ami is an old trick used to seat rings. Those old Chevys used chrome rings which did cause no end of problems. While the intent was good, the execution was faulty. One of m
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00473.html (8,542 bytes)

3. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Mike Lishego <mikesl@tartan.sapc.edu>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 13:29:27 -0800
What is bon-ami, other than good friends in French? I don't want to sound like a cheval-ane`, but I'd like to know! -- Michael S. Lishego St. Andrews Presbyterian College Elementary Education Major,
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00476.html (8,597 bytes)

4. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Steve Darby <elan@highfiber.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 17:44:17 -0800
Bon-Ami is a hand soap with PUMICE. It's the pumice that did the work. I have used powdered pumice for smoking engines and it works about 25% of the time. That not bad. I have a few customers who are
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00491.html (9,030 bytes)

5. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: gofastmg@juno.com (Rick Morrison)
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1997 22:10:41 EST
I've heard that during the 50's and 60's the BMC works rallyists always carried a can of scouring powder in the tool kit in case of a slipping clutch. Should the clutch begin to slip, a handful was p
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00499.html (9,733 bytes)

6. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Sun, 07 Dec 1997 08:21:47 EST
Hi Mike, Thanks for your musings about your reasons for an MG. You asked about Bon Ami. It's a cleaning powder, as are Comet, Ajax and others. The difference is that Bon Ami seems to be the only one
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00510.html (9,954 bytes)

7. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 09:52:49 -0500 (EST)
Bon-ami is is a cleanser it is also the only product (as far as I know) that detail shops use to clean car windows. It gets the film off without damage to the glass. I wouldn't try it on plastic wind
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00513.html (9,086 bytes)

8. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 10:08:45 -0500 (EST)
Scouring power? I thought I was the only one that still called it that. My kids laughed at me the last time I asked the to get some. Another phrase that I guess is no longer used is "the show". I sto
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00515.html (10,683 bytes)

9. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:52:56 -0800 (PST)
Dear Netters, =%OWhat is bon-ami, other than good friends in French? I don't want to sound like a =%Ocheval-ane`, but I'd like to know! IIRC, it is Calcium Carbonate- a much milder abrasive than silc
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00568.html (8,558 bytes)

10. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: "John J. Peloquin" <peloquin@mamba.bio.uci.edu>
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 1997 08:17:03 -0800 (PST)
Dear Netters, I've given up caffeine in the morning and had a brain lapse, I Recalled Incorrectly in my post on Bon Ami- It is not calcium carbonate, but is indeed Feldspar as mentioned correctly in
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00569.html (9,122 bytes)

11. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:34:07 +0000
Now that's what I call an enthusiast. Did you have deck-chair seat covers in the lounge as well? PaulH.
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00674.html (7,996 bytes)

12. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 20:38:48 +0000
I remember my Dad, when a couple of lads he was talking to said they were in a group, asked them "a group of what?". Guess that makes me the OF now. PaulH.
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00679.html (11,190 bytes)

13. Re: Bon ami and oil burning!!(Could be LBC} (score: 1)
Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 1997 23:10:38 EST
OK, OK, I'll try to be more specific in my messages..... This house had a built-in cast iron tub that was the "honking" harvest gold color. When we got the jing to overhaul the bathroom, the cost to
/html/mgs/1997-12/msg00718.html (8,609 bytes)


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