I've been flamed for this one before, but I'll post if again. Use a large animal syringe to soak the flanges with bourbon. It has to be bourbon. I got this tip from a seminar in Chicago with Fred Drash about 23 years ago. It works every time for me. I don't find Protek to be much of a permanent solution for anything. Tim Coates Paul Kupelian wrote: > Hi All, > Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the > field" at some local colleges and schools. A Baldwin 243HP action was > treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very > sluggish at times. After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for a > while. Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges, to > drive out the mineral oil? > > I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice > from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before. > > Paul Kupelian, RPT > kupelian@oswego.edu
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