Recent content by BigGeorge

I've used both the 70% and the 91% alcohol. It didn't seem to make any difference. Both worked good.

Usually unless they are an odd unavailable size, I just replace "O" rings. I mostly use the wintergreen / alcohol mixture for factory hoses that are pre-shaped or have special bends and no longer available and have become petrified over time.

The bottle is 16fl oz

Came close but luckily it missed me and the bike and now it's not only more organized, it's lighter and bolted to the wall and work bench.

I found it on line at I believe a horse and tack shop. It was the least expensive I could find. It's probably all the same except for the price. The alcohol is just drug store isopropyl alcohol.

This is the wintergreen oil I used

I treated a rubber tube that goes from the carb to a filter box (no longer available) on an old John Deere 400 lawn tractor and its stayed soft and subtle for 2 years now. It was hard as a rock before I put it in the alcohol / wintergreen oil solution. I soaked it about 4 days before taking it...

I did

Mix 3 parts isopropyl alcohol to 1 part wintergreen oil, soak old hard rubber part for a few days and the rubber part will come back out of the solution soft and subtle like brand new.

Most times when we get a bit careless we get away with it, but it's that one time it bites us back that we tend not to forget.

I had no problem with those rules or the toolbox for 23 years. I got careless.

I did the same thing. My chisels, punches, sockets, ratchets, hammers, etc were in the top box. The heat gun, hole saws, battery drill and small air grinder and pads, etc were in the lower box making it top heavy.

Once I got the toolbox upright again I emptied it and reorganized everything in it. Some tools that I haven't used in years are now out in the barn in boxes so the toolbox is also much lighter than before. I probably should have removed the original wheels since the toolbox stays in one place...