2 Dec
2003
2 Dec
'03
1:03 p.m.
At 07:33 PM 12/2/03 +0000, you wrote:
While everybody else is talking about cleaning up the
leakers,
Is this chemical is good use to dissolve rust on steel screw is
rust seized in the potmetal or aluminum distributor?
No, not really. The best thing for that is Break Free or some other kind
of penetrating oil.
I have similar situation a steel screw rusted tight in distributor's
body, other screw I successfully removed. This two screws does have
a job to hold on black plastic splash shield because the distributor
is on front side of engine, shield deflects water spray away.
Shield is missing and installing with it found from junkyard. The
philips head isn't chewed up yet.
For things like this the best thing that I've found is is an impact
screw driver with a GOOD fitting bit. An impact screwdriver is a screw
driver with a heavy metal body with interchangeable bits. After you get the
bit into the screw you hit the end of the screwdriver body with a good size
hammer. The hammer blow drives the bit into the screw slot and helps
prevents it from slipping and stripping the screw slot. The screwdriver
also has a cam in it and when you hit it with a hammer the cam turns the
bit with a lot more force than you could by hand. That will usually break
the screw free. You can buy these at Sears or any decent tool supplier. I
bought mine for about $20 at Sears about 15 years ago.
Joe