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    Quote Originally Posted by Old-Biker-UK View Post
    Yup that's exactly how it works, you might need to make a custom nozzle for those oilers but the same principle would apply. My 'BIC' nozzle is soft soldered to a bit of annealed copper tube, nice and bendy. Don't have to push too hard to seal the nozzle on the fitting and a good squirt is enough to push the muck out from between the saddle & bed.
    Those Pom Pom oilers are about as useful as a chocolate teapot.
    Thank you Mark.

    I reckon I'll modify my little Pressol can for Kaiser duty. As far as the pom pom goes, the Wanner makes its predecessor, a plastic Alemite, look like it's made of fairy floss!

    Bob.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Greg Q View Post
    I have a fifty pound bag of walnut shells Bob. I can bring some on Thursday next week if you still need some. In the meantime I would try oven cleaner (if it is safe on aluminium...I forget if it is)

    Greg
    Oven cleaner, lye/ sodium hydroxide, eats aluminum!

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    Quote Originally Posted by rob streeper View Post
    Oven cleaner, lye/ sodium hydroxide, eats aluminum!
    Doesn't matter Rob,

    The zylene / toluene in the Goof Off did the trick.

    BT

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