[sdiy] Hammond on ebay, broken

[mike ruberto]

Are you sure Roy? There are multiple postings on the Hammond Wiki
about the lighter fluid/WD40 thing with testimonies that it's a
working solution.

Mike

On Nov 16, 2007 10:13 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Friday 16 November 2007 21:23, you wrote:
> > Thank you for the tip. I read elsewhere that mixing lighter fluid into
> > the oil will clear out the capillaries in short order. I was thinking
> > of trying it with WD40 since it is pretty much the same thing as
> > lighter fluid.
> >
> > Mike
>
> I never heard that one about the lighter fluid.  They're not at all the same
> thing,  though -- WD40 is essentially the same thing as kerosene and
> some "petroleum distillates",  which is what remains behind -- not a
> lubricant at all,  but designed to get water out of some places (WD standing
> for Water Displacement).  I wouldn't recomment the stuff for anywhere near
> there, and doubt that you need the lighter fluid either.
>
> > On Nov 16, 2007 9:09 PM, Roy J. Tellason <rtellason at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > On Friday 16 November 2007 20:10, mike ruberto wrote:
> > > > Now my tone generator is starting to seize up. I suspect the oil
> > > > capillaries have gotten gummed up. I have been putting this off for
> > > > some time because it is a filthy oily mess in there.
> > >
> > > I did a service call one time on a unit that was like that -- you'd turn
> > > it on and the generator wouldn't spin up at all.  It'd been sitting for a
> > > really long period of time,  I think something like seven years?
> > >
> > > Anyhow,  what happenes there is that the old oil has lighter fractions
> > > that evaporate,  while the heavier stuff stays behind.
> > >
> > > What I ended up doing was adding some fresh oil,  and then turning it
> > > over by hand,  over a period of time,  until it would start when the
> > > switch was turned on.  Then I told the customer to leave it on and run
> > > for a while, which allowed the new oil to get to where it needed to be...
> > >
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