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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 529596, member: 25"]There is an old wives' trick for reviving clocks (lucky I proofread that) and that is the get a bucket, pour a shallow layer of parrafin (kerosine) into the bottom, and stand the clock on a brick in the bottom (above the liquid level), cover it over airtight-ish, and leave it for a week, and the idea is that the oil vapour softens any old oil in the clock, making for less friction. I suspect diesel fuel or for that matter JP2 from your private jet, would do as well.</p><p>I have never tried this but there is a grain of sense in it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 529596, member: 25"]There is an old wives' trick for reviving clocks (lucky I proofread that) and that is the get a bucket, pour a shallow layer of parrafin (kerosine) into the bottom, and stand the clock on a brick in the bottom (above the liquid level), cover it over airtight-ish, and leave it for a week, and the idea is that the oil vapour softens any old oil in the clock, making for less friction. I suspect diesel fuel or for that matter JP2 from your private jet, would do as well. I have never tried this but there is a grain of sense in it.[/QUOTE]
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