Date:         Fri, 10 May 1996 11:34:07 -0500
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From:         mjanello@umich.edu (Mark Janello)
Subject:      Re: Which fluids are best?

At 6:09 PM 5/9/96, vwbus@tcpbbs.com wrote:

>General Lube:  change everything you can to tub O moly, get that
>lithium crap off now, believe me anyone who has dealt with 20 year
>old rock hard stickier than glue VW lithium will attest to this.  Moly
>stuff seems to last better and resists water much better, particularly
>good on shift linkages (a VW rec in later years BTW) and sliding door
>tracks.  However obviouly for things like front beams on our pre '79
>moly is likely a no go as it is INCOMPATIBLE with regular lithium based
>stuff,

Uh oh.  I put some moly-based lube in my front end (beam, king and link
pins, etc.), and assume it had lithium stuff in it before.  What have I
done?  Any advice?  (I read the tube before I bought it and saw no warnings
or anything, only praise for its wonderful lubing abilities :-(  )

Mark
mjanello@umich.edu
'62 Kombi