Therehave been several posts lately about soaking cylinders to free-up stuck engines. One remady was mix of auto trans fluid and acetone. What is the ratio of the mix and wheredo our normaly find acetone.Thanks
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50/50 is the mix and you can find acetone at auto parts stores, big hardware stores, home improvement stores, paint stores.RadioRoy, specializing in AM/FM conversions with auxiliary inputs for iPod/satellite/CD player. In the old car radio business since 1985.
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I thought it was to be mixed with brake fluid; not ATF. My memory fails me.Brad Johnson,
SDC since 1975, ASC since 1990
Pine Grove Mills, Pa.
'33 Rockne 10, '51 Commander Starlight. '53 Commander Starlight
'56 Sky Hawk in process
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Some people say mix the Acetone 50/50 with ATF, some say mix it with Power steering fluid. Pick your concoction. A hot sunny day may also help.My 1st car. "A TRANSTAR"
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I've always been afraid to try phosphoric acid. I could be wrong but I thought it converted iron oxide to iron phospate and was the active ingredient in rust converters, naval jelly, metal prep etc which stop the rusting process but don't "dissolve" rust- leaving you an engine that is still stuck by the iron phosphate. I also don't know how the acid would affect the other metals in the engine. I would love to hear from anybody with more knowledge on the subject, I have several engines that I believe would be good if I could get them unstuck. I've had some luck running engines that had been sitting for a long time- one since 1951- but I've never had any luck with the Stude V8 in 3 tries. Hardly a scientific sample but I have been able to unstick and run early hemis, nailheads a couple of hudson engines and a champ 6, probably just luck of the draw but I wonder if some engine designs/materials are more unstuckable than others.
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