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Stern Tube Oil

01/28/2011 8:38 AM

Just want to no that I am visiting a place were stern tube oil is not available what substitute I can use plz reply
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01/28/2011 4:08 PM

Something that is bio-degradable and mixes with water but has a viscosity equivalent to 30-50 weight motor oil.

I guess, in an emergency, even petroleum based lubricants could be used.
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01/28/2011 4:29 PM

I'm not sure, but I think that during the war years, when oil was not available, they used Tallow .

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01/28/2011 4:37 PM

I'll give you a GA for a BA. "Better Answer" than mine.
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01/30/2011 8:32 PM

As an apprentice I used tallow for hole cutting and conduit threading. Later I learnt HV cable jointing I used it as flux for wiping the lead joints and keeping the "mole skin" supple.

Very useful stuff, I still have a lump of it in my tool chest

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