tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post459488332848089377..comments2018-11-29T21:54:37.049-06:00Comments on Watch Out For The Bull: A Bunch of Heat, Gobs of Oil, and a Lot of HammeringRichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-68487762708298007462014-07-12T20:27:17.705-05:002014-07-12T20:27:17.705-05:00ATF,,, hmm, interesting.
I've run into quite ...ATF,,, hmm, interesting.<br /><br />I've run into quite a few stuck motors over the years, for whatever reasons... fans, washer fluid pumps, bigger motors that sat out in the rain, starters. I always disassemble them to see what is wrong, and usually they just run out of lube, get some rust buildup, and old gunk. I've usually been able to just clean them up and lube them and get them working again. I guess I thought of motors because I recently freed up a fridge evaporator fan motor that had a bunch of rust in it.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630929746033282061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-11283822195274108102014-07-12T14:18:24.843-05:002014-07-12T14:18:24.843-05:00According to some of the guys (and gals) that rest...According to some of the guys (and gals) that restore old tractors, you can soak rusty parts in a bucket of used ATF (automatic transmission fluid) to unstick the stuck. Filling up the cylinders of a stuck engine with ATF is also supposed to help break the pistons loose. <br /><br />I tried it a few times and it seems like it might have worked a little (about the same as penetrating oil, etc.), but it wasn't a spectacular success. But, seeing if it would work as advertised was relatively cheap since all I had to do was save some used ATF in a bucket after a fluid/filter change. <br /><br />Off the top of my head, I'm not sure if I've ever seen an electric motor get rusty enough to get stuck (or maybe I just didn't pay enough attention). Is it just a matter of some oil and elbow grease to get a rusty electric motor unstuck? <br /><br /> Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-86448337869735050412014-07-12T13:47:34.819-05:002014-07-12T13:47:34.819-05:00Now you've got me thinking lately about my stu...Now you've got me thinking lately about my stuck receiver hitch. I'm starting to ponder the notion of removing the thing and throwing the whole works into a fire until it is well baked... then maybe I can beat it enough to budge it...<br /><br />Maybe when it gets cooler out...<br /><br />It's such a nice feeling when stuck rusty stuff starts moving again. I've salvaged a whole lot of electric motors over the years by working them loose.Ronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630929746033282061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-1774182559377472432014-07-11T22:48:25.886-05:002014-07-11T22:48:25.886-05:00Anybody that would have happened to come by would ...Anybody that would have happened to come by would have been invited to take a crack at getting it loose.<br /><br />I wanted it unstuck and that's all I cared about, if it meant giving the credit to a 5 yr.old that tapped it with his plastic toy hammer right before it fell off, I would have been happy to tell everyone I met about his hammer swinging skills.<br /><br />There might be another philosophical lesson in that statement (but I can't think of one right now).Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11412944120622315804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2012091795932325815.post-58072600697833664092014-07-11T20:31:15.060-05:002014-07-11T20:31:15.060-05:00I thought this might be heading towards one of tho...I thought this might be heading towards one of those stories where you put so much effort into opening or freeing something without success and then someone comes along and offers to try opening or freeing it with very little effort right off the bat. It is amazing how often that has happened to me over my lifetime. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.com