seized screws rust or whatever was: leaky batteries!

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Tue Dec 2 21:03:44 2003

At 07:33 PM 12/2/03 +0000, you wrote:
>While everybody else is talking about cleaning up the leakers,
>
>Is this chemical is good use to dissolve rust on steel screw is
>rust seized in the potmetal or aluminum distributor?

  No, not really. The best thing for that is Break Free or some other kind
of penetrating oil.


>
>I have similar situation a steel screw rusted tight in distributor's
>body, other screw I successfully removed. This two screws does have
>a job to hold on black plastic splash shield because the distributor
>is on front side of engine, shield deflects water spray away.
>Shield is missing and installing with it found from junkyard. The
>philips head isn't chewed up yet.

   For things like this the best thing that I've found is is an impact
screw driver with a GOOD fitting bit. An impact screwdriver is a screw
driver with a heavy metal body with interchangeable bits. After you get the
bit into the screw you hit the end of the screwdriver body with a good size
hammer. The hammer blow drives the bit into the screw slot and helps
prevents it from slipping and stripping the screw slot. The screwdriver
also has a cam in it and when you hit it with a hammer the cam turns the
bit with a lot more force than you could by hand. That will usually break
the screw free. You can buy these at Sears or any decent tool supplier. I
bought mine for about $20 at Sears about 15 years ago.

    Joe
Received on Tue Dec 02 2003 - 21:03:44 GMT