From: derek strine (minimade@worldnet.att.net)
Date: Mon Nov 11 2002 - 16:35:36 PST
We use it daily on heavy equipment to frozen bolts in electrical boxes.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Barber" <rbarber41@hotmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 6:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Sort of MV related
>
> Is there a store or warehouse source for this magic
> kroil elixir up here in the New England area ???
>
> We have Marvel Mystery but I have never seen this
> kroil ...
>
> Bob B
>
>
>
>
> >From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
> >To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
> >Subject: Re: [MV] Sort of MV related
> >Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 17:22:11 -0800
> >
> >When I got my M151A2, it had sat for a couple of years and the
> >motor was stuck. So I pulled and cleaned all the sparkplugs and
> >sprayed kroil into the cylinders several different times and kept
> >trying to turn the motor over by hand. After a bunch of tries, it
> >popped loose and spun quite nicely. So I changed the oil and
> >coolant, rebuilt the carb, and cleaned everything up, hooked up the
> >batteries and fired it up. It started up quite nicely and now starts
> >without even having to use the choke.
> >
> >Jon
> > > Paul, I would say that your front wheels started turning because the
> >sprag
> > > had engaged. If the back wheels start spinning a certain percentage
> >faster
> > > (can't remember what %) than the front, the sprag engages front wheel
> >drive.
> > > As far as starting the Reo, have you tried to turn it over by hand? If
> >it's
> > > not locked up you could probably try starting it up. Better off to
pull
> >all
> > > plugs and squirt some light oil in the cylinders and let it sit for a
> >while.
> > > Marvel mystery oil or Kroil comes to mind. Once it has sit for a
while,
> >crank
> > > it over without plugs for a bit. It will spin easily and promote
> >circulating
> > > oil into the galleries that have long since drained out. Do this a few
> >times
> > > as an extra precaution. After its cleared out, drop the plugs back in
> >and go
> > > for it. Have you read the manual on sarting your gasser? Now's the
> >time!
> > >
> > > Kenneth Engle
> > > Loxahatchee, FL U.S.A.
> > > AM General M-35A2 w/w
> > > Fruehauf M105A1
> > > MVPA #24371
> > > http://hometown.aol.com/recovry4x4/myhomepage/photo.html
> > >
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