WKEND LUMBERJAK
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The brake fluid makes me nervous.
Oklahoma,AR,MO,KS,TX GTG (Next GTG 08/27/2016 ) Fort Scott, KS
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The brake fluid makes me nervous.
WKEND LUMBERJAK
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Yes it does.
Homelite410
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Done it last winter.
Brake fluid is good to rubber. Otherwise your hydraulic brakes would leak.
For a lubricant, not much help.
For a lubricant, not much help.
Hedgerow
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No unforeseen consequences?
cobey
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But mixing stuff can be bad, brake fluid draws water
Left open to air becomes very corrosive......
Will make a nasty milkshake
shorthunter
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You would end up with blued bar rails and tempered chains. Neither the brake fluid or power steering fluid will lubricate worth a chit
cobey
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I have used atf, oil, step, and bar oil in saws
shorthunter
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Can we just go ahead and move this to a new thread? Call it the "Which bar oil additive is best thread"?
Maybe have a poll on
Used ATF
Old Brake Fluid
Windshield washer fluid
Used Antifreeze and
Sodium Nitrate
Maybe have a poll on
Used ATF
Old Brake Fluid
Windshield washer fluid
Used Antifreeze and
Sodium Nitrate
cobey
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Kato syrup, and lung cookies 
Egg yolks and snott
smashed nanner peels and blended slugs
Egg yolks and snott
smashed nanner peels and blended slugs
cobey
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How's a 390 husky oil?
What bar will it run?
What bar will it run?
shorthunter
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Should run a 36, my 385 oils a 28 really well
sawnami
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I've used oil gathered from the catch pans under our banks of oil dispenser reels at work for several years. It's a mix of synthetic differential oil, synthetic ATF, and semi-synthetic motor oil. It's slicker than snot on a doorknob and the bar and chain life due to wear is amazingly good.
Matt, If you just want to get rid of the brake and PS fluid, bring it by the shop. It's accepted mixed into our used oil. Kinda hard to detect in one of the 1500 gal used oil tanks anyway. Other than the mix stratifying if it sits for a while, I don't believe that there would be any adverse effects as long as it stayed mixed while using.
Matt, If you just want to get rid of the brake and PS fluid, bring it by the shop. It's accepted mixed into our used oil. Kinda hard to detect in one of the 1500 gal used oil tanks anyway. Other than the mix stratifying if it sits for a while, I don't believe that there would be any adverse effects as long as it stayed mixed while using.
Brake fluid is a good lubricant when assembling rubber goods. Would be great for forcing the Stihl impulse hose thru the bulkhead at the carb. It may attack the plastic however.
For that, I have a can of spray silicone.
The above was in the father in laws stuff when we cleared out his garage. Prolly thirty years old but, still works.
Don't spray it around anything you intend to paint as it will be 'fish eye city'.
For that, I have a can of spray silicone.
The above was in the father in laws stuff when we cleared out his garage. Prolly thirty years old but, still works.
Don't spray it around anything you intend to paint as it will be 'fish eye city'.
Hedgerow
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Only on a Stihl, cause they don't sling enough in the first place.. Ha!!
Heck, we used to cut holes in the ice with saws..
As long as it won't eat muh rubber lines, I'll just make a special soup of oils and run it through the echo and homelite today.. Lol..
Hedgerow
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Hahahahahaha!!!!!!Remind me not to leave my saws with you ever again
Says the guy who didn't wanna run his saw in the 3 cube..
Wanders in after prodding..
Ends up in the money..
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Steer away from brake fluid.
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Add aluminum powder in there too......
Some of my old turds could use a dose of Barr's stop leak I think.
