[TenTec]$25? Disolving pto grease

[Steve N4LQ]

Is that $25 for rebuiding a PTO in or out of the radio? I know the 
rebuilding kit is about $25 but I thought if you send the rig to the factor 
it was closer to $100 for a rebuild job and less if you send just the PTO.
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Long" <tlong2 at nycap.rr.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Disolving pto grease


> We're starting to see suggestions of some creative solvents and greases. 
> When I rebuilt mine, I saw traces of the familiar green Copper Sulphate in 
> the old grease.  The source of copper is obviously the brass.  The source 
> of sulphur was probably the cutting fluid that was used when the brass was 
> machined.  Be careful you don't use anything containing trace amounts of 
> sulphur, either in the solvent or the grease.  Good luck.  The factory 
> gets $25 for rebuilding a PTO.  They told me that it was roughly the same 
> complexity as rebuilding a 2 barrel carbeurator.  If we knew the type of 
> plastics used, we could easily specify a solvent that would be safe. Tim, 
> W2UI
>
> Steve N4LQ wrote:
>
>>I've been using WD40 to dissolve old PTO grease but am looking for 
>>something better. WD is slow and requires a lot of manual cleaning to 
>>completely remove all the goo. Keep in mind that some of the parts are 
>>plastic so I don't want anything that would soften it. Any 
>>recommendations?
>>
>>Steve N4LQ
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