One of my buddies who is a Mercedes Benz mechanic told me that Automatic Transmission Fluid is used by MBZ dealerships as linkage lube and for cable lube.
So I decided to give it a try. I went down to the local Wally World and picked up a quart of ATF for about $1.72. Then I got out one of my old contact lens solution bottles and headed out to the garage.
Popped off the top of the bottles and started pouring.
I then tested it on some brake cables…
And on the chain…
This actually worked pretty well and its alot cheaper than spending up to $10 for lube. Heck, a whole quart will last me for years!
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Surely if there is no picture of a pushbike on the bottle and no ridiculous price, that wouldn’t work?
Just kidding.
I make my oil even lighter with some kerosine for the drive chain.
I use olive oil… sometimes sunflower… depending on what I’ve got laying around the garage.
Tons of comments, but yes. AOL as range 1? My fonts was most likely the best one particular.