S'funny....on my cans and bulk containers it states on several occasions that it "lubricates". I've used gallons of it on all sorts, ranging from plastics to metals to fabrics and have even used to cure a long standing problem, which no mechanic could solve and that was to dose the fuel with say 20cc which helped to free and "lubricate" sticking fuel injectors so that the vanagon would cruise for long distances without grinding to a halt after 250- 300 miles as it did before the WD40 addition. The only failure was when I gently added a few drops to my analogue / digital watch, the analogue bit freed and lubricated but the digital display gave up the ghost. So my recommendations are..... use it!!

Richard

-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth D Lewis Sent: 11 December 2001 10:23 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: A radical idea

Ohh-Ohh. Pet peeve department. No where on the can will you see the words "lubricant". It works best as a penetrant and cleaner. All you are doing is washing out any oil that is left. There are many other products on the market that actually do more good than harm. I have work on my share of customer equipment ruined by the dreaded WD. I do like the idea of the access hole. Or even some small tubes that would aim at the bearings. They could terminate under the ash tray for easy access. Come to think of it, one of the bearings is hidden by the fan assembly. Oh well.

Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 16:35:16 -0500 Bill Knight <bill.knight@USA.NET> writes: > How about a small access hole on each side of the housing where the > bearings are located so you could periodically shoot some WD40 in > there to clean the bearings. I found WD40 to work nicely on the rear > heater blower motor, that the problem of it overloading and squealing > was simply due to dirty bearings. A few well aimed sprays has made > that blower work like new for three years now. > > Bill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf > Of Timothy Lee Harrison > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:58 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: A radical idea > > > On Monday 10 Dec 2001 4:57 pm, John Baker wrote: > > > possible to get to the blower motor from above? Putting > all aesthetics > > 'Fraid not. The heater blower is encased in a plastic > housing that's > sealed by (plastic) welds. It's easier to get the whole > casing from a > wreck and replace that, rather than take it to bits and then > have to clamp > it back together again, although I'd certainly attempt that > if I had to! > > > out of mind (I can hide the panel with a creative dash > covering), what > > do you guys think about this hare-brained scheme? > > Nothing wrong with cutting an access hole, but I doubt that > it would be of > much use for most things. If the wiper motor blows, it won't > be > sufficiently large to , same goes for most other > slightly-more-than-trivial things behind there, I think! > > Once you've taken the dash out, it's much easier next time. > You'll know > what to look out for, for one thing. Additionally, you can > replace the > torsion bolts on the steering column with normal bolts which > makes things > easier (I cut a slit in them with an electric jigsaw and > used a > screwdriver to get them off). > > All in all, assuming there's no other complications it's > about an > afternoon's job - that's what it took me on my own. It's > just a pain in > the bum (note my UK roots here!) to have to disconnect > everything... > > Tim(H) > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.