If you really want to resurrect the fans you've
got, you could try removing
the label and putting a drop of 3-in-1 oil on the bearing. Don't expect it
to be anything other than a temporary fix, though.
Actually I've had pretty good luck with doing that with any number of fans,
for a bunch of years here. I don't use 3-in-1, but some other stuff we have
around here that's a pretty light oil and that comes in a similar package,
Sunoco branded, I think.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
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