Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)

[EchovsStihl63]

At least it's not a "which 2 stroke is better oil thread".

We can fix that

 

[OH_Varmntr]

This is about the only thing that works on rusty nuts and bolts around here View attachment 1246273

Can't be tight if it's liquid!

 

[Squareground3691]

The smell that brings me back to cleaning guns with my grandpa is the Hoppe's #9 bore cleaner. Every time we shot the guns had to be cleaned and oiled. He tended to over oil them though. The stocks were swelling and the wood was dark where they met the action.

Oh yea , the good old days .

 

[SS396driver]

I usually don't mess around with 'em myself. Just cut em and get new hardware. Gotta be careful heating up certain hardware, stainless steel parts will almost certainly gall and seized if you try to heat them.

Stainless at least good stainless shouldn’t rust in place

 

[Lee192233]

Stainless at least good stainless shouldn’t rust in place

I'm talking the "stainless" bolts and nuts on most newer than 2010 exhaust systems. It kinda rusts, looks like a little heat is all it needs to loosen, when the best course of action is to spray it with penetrant and then hit em with the 1/2" impact.

 

[svk]

Man have we been without gunny for quite some time now.

The new regime banned him immediately last time. But they also took down my "best of gunny" thread because they said I was making fun of him. I was celebrating his tenacity and wit.

"Imbilesiles" Best diss ever.

 

[svk]

I did some work with stainless fasteners when I was building the canoe rack on my towboat last summer. Those darn things would gall immediately if there was any thread damage to either the bolt or nut. I swear the SS bolts from 20+ years ago were more forgiving.

 

[Haywire]

Haven't bored you folks with any fishing pics in a while, so here you go. Let the kid skip school to go after some late winter Brownies. A lot of this creek is still frozen over but there are a few stretches of open water to be found. It was a fun day.

 

[Lionsfan]

I have to admit I do like the way wd-40 smells. I keep a small can around for some reason too. Don't use it for much of anything tough. I switched over to muc-off for a protective spray on plastics/ my rc trucks engines and pipes. Doesn't leave quite the mess all over everything, but seems to work just as well for keeping rust off the pipes.
I'm sure like most of you, I've used a lot of different "rust penetrant" sprays over the years. For all the dumb stuff the shop did, they were on with getting a case and seeing how us road guys liked it. There was a wurth spray and a Kimball Midwest spray that we all generally liked pretty well. Kroil was about the best, but even in case lot orders it's super expensive so they wouldnt buy it often. Pb blaster, deep creep or liquid wrench for an easy to find reasonably priced option (s).
Still like the atf+acetone, but msha and osha don't like concoctions with dubious labels on a service truck. Keep a pint pumper can with some mixed up at home. Usually keep a spray can of pb around too. At the end of the day, rust just sucks and there isn't much tgays cheap that seems to work well.

You're the only guy I've ever heard mention Kimball Midwest. They're expensive, but they don't sell Chinese ****.

 

[MechanicMatt]

Surprised I did not see anyone mention Sea Foam Deep Creep when talking about penetrants. I am really sold on the stuff, have used it to help free up 2 seized tractor engines and a bunch of other nasty fasteners.

Gotta catch it on sale though as its normally $14/can. Napa normally runs it on sale for like $7.99 every so often so ill go buy out their shelf stock lol.

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I like their fuel additive for fighting ethanol

 

[MechanicMatt]

The smell that brings me back to cleaning guns with my grandpa is the Hoppe's #9 bore cleaner. Every time we shot the guns had to be cleaned and oiled. He tended to over oil them though. The stocks were swelling and the wood was dark where they met the action.

My sister actually got me air fresheners that smell like that for my truck for Christmas

 

[Lee192233]

I was poking around Bailey's website and I found the Husqvarna Square chisel chain is on sale.
This is an example for an 84 drive link chain...I might pick up a couple loops.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Haven't bored you folks with any fishing pics in a while, so here you go. Let the kid skip school to go after some late winter Brownies. A lot of this creek is still frozen over but there are a few stretches of open water to be found. It was a fun day.
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Interesting, we can’t fish flowing water this time of year. It’s open last Saturday in April through November 15th.

 

[Haywire]

Interesting, we can’t fish flowing water this time of year. It’s open last Saturday in April through November 15th.

Kind of the same here. Most creeks and rivers are closed to fishing in the western Montana district from 12/1 to the third weekend in May. There are a few exceptions though, and this creek is one of them.

 

[mountainguyed67]

Kind of the same here. Most creeks and rivers are closed to fishing in the western Montana district from 12/1 to the third weekend in May. There are a few exceptions though, and this creek is one of them.

We have one exception I was forgetting about, the river I volunteer to keep the hiking trail clear. It’s open all year, but limit of 2 instead of 5. That’s downstream of our trail, along our trail is catch and release only.

 

[benz66]

This is about the only thing that works on rusty nuts and bolts around here View attachment 1246273

Ah! The blue wrench or flame wrench seems to always make problems melt away, unless you have fuels in containers... Then it can get exciting!