Nice work Alistair. I'm always keen on do-it-yourself (re money-saving) shortcuts. When my VC gives out I'll likely be doing some experimenting. But if you think my manly, rock-crawling syncro is going to receive additives from the cosmetics industry...umm...you may be right...
Angus Gordon Bainbridge Island WA birdworks@gmail.com
On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 9:58 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > This is kinda funny... > > German company selling replacement siloxane for VC refilling (they > also sell gaskets/seals for vc). Not much info on the specs of the > siloxane, something one would like to see. > ( And please, lets not get into the problems of refilling the vc > unless you have successfully done it :)) > > > But there is a pic of the bottle here: > > http://www.dieselkontor.de/product_info.php?products_id=3022 > > 69.95 euros for that bottle, which is labelled 16 oz. > > Now go look up the name on the label , Majestic Mountain Sage: > > http://www.thesage.com/catalog/products/Dimethicone.html > > price is $7.20 for same bottle. And only $43 a gal. > > funny old world eh? > > alistair > '86 syncro 7 passenger > '82 westy, diesel converted to gas in '94 > http://www.members.shaw.ca/albell/ > http://shufti.wordpress.com > |
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