10-19-2009, 05:07 PM
sgtcarl1 Wrote:Thanks, Russ!! What you say is very logical. I'm not sure a blast of air would get all of the gunk that I'm encountering. I mean, years of dust and countless oilings of way too much oil, with none of the dust being removed prior to oiling. I suppose that's why so much oil was used.
(I got these on e-bay.)
The product I picked up from either Frys or Costco is called Falcon Dust Off Professional. It is actually some sort of chemical cleaner for computers. The product is listed as flamable, so if you use it or something similar wait for it to evaporate before running the motor, but since it is designed for cleaning electronics and computers, you should not need to worry about it damaging either plastic or removing the lacquer from the windings. It contains diflouroethane which is a partial refrigerant. I think the degreasers used to contain either refrigerant 11 or r-12, but both have been outlawed as flouro-carbons, I suspect the diflouroetnane is legal because it contains no chlorine. It should be a degreaser as well as cleaner.