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Dec. 28, 2005 - Tool Kit Woes

So this one time when I went to use them I found out that the OEM pliers in the tool kit had stopped working. I guess they got wet and rusted up inside. They didn't look rusty or anything but, hey, you know those Germans and machinery.

The tolerances were probably a fraction of what anyone else would use in the action of pliers meaning that even an infinitesimal amount of rust would gum up the works.

Anyways, I soaked them in brake fluid for almost two years. I even put them in front of a window in case warming and cooling (with the rising and setting of the sun) would help.

About once a month I took them out and tried to move them but the first 18 times I did this nothing happened.

Then, the 19th time, they moved a teeny bit.

The following month I started to use a small hammer to help persuade them to move.

Bit by bit things got going.

On the 23rd session (really) they loosened right up.

I use brake fluid in the master cylinder as well. Apparently it's good for lots of stuff.

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