BobMurphy
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Just a quickie . . .
I saw this stuff advertised and thought it might be OK for a 1931 motorcycle petrol tank I am restoring:
It sounds like one of those "Wonder Products", I'm surprised it isn't called "Acme Evaporust" .
Anyway; I am currently working on a '90' Transfer Box for a TLOC Member from the Isle of Man. This thing is used daily as his work transport and has never been off-roaded. He has had it for 10 years . . . It was full of rust:
I haven't seen a main Input Shaft Bearing like this before, you wouldn't believe what it sounds like when spun:
The thin steel plate that carries the Oil Pump Pick-up was also rusty all over (this isn't a good picture as it has a lot of rusty oil on it as well as the rust):
Anyway, I de-greased it thoroughly and then dropped it into a bath of "Evaporust" - and promptly forgot about it for 48 hours .
The result . . . .
I'm amazed .
The stuff is re-usable so it will probably end-up in the old petrol tank after all.
Bob.
P.S.: The Centre Diff was seized to the output shaft, meaning that it wasn't a 'diff' at all. When the transmission 'wound-up' the front output shaft drive chain skipped the teeth on the drive sprocket making the transmission jump. It needs all new bearings & seals plus a drive chain. It really needs a new 'High-Low' gear cluster but at over £1,000 from Toyota I think it will last a bit longer.
There's a lot of work in this .
B.
I saw this stuff advertised and thought it might be OK for a 1931 motorcycle petrol tank I am restoring:
It sounds like one of those "Wonder Products", I'm surprised it isn't called "Acme Evaporust" .
Anyway; I am currently working on a '90' Transfer Box for a TLOC Member from the Isle of Man. This thing is used daily as his work transport and has never been off-roaded. He has had it for 10 years . . . It was full of rust:
I haven't seen a main Input Shaft Bearing like this before, you wouldn't believe what it sounds like when spun:
The thin steel plate that carries the Oil Pump Pick-up was also rusty all over (this isn't a good picture as it has a lot of rusty oil on it as well as the rust):
Anyway, I de-greased it thoroughly and then dropped it into a bath of "Evaporust" - and promptly forgot about it for 48 hours .
The result . . . .
I'm amazed .
The stuff is re-usable so it will probably end-up in the old petrol tank after all.
Bob.
P.S.: The Centre Diff was seized to the output shaft, meaning that it wasn't a 'diff' at all. When the transmission 'wound-up' the front output shaft drive chain skipped the teeth on the drive sprocket making the transmission jump. It needs all new bearings & seals plus a drive chain. It really needs a new 'High-Low' gear cluster but at over £1,000 from Toyota I think it will last a bit longer.
There's a lot of work in this .
B.