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Does anyone know the name of this grease, apparantley ford use it in their workshops?
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Probably silicone, available from your plumber. The use of lead's frowned upon these days because of its toxicity.
;-)
Edited by mfarrow on 04/02/2009 at 12:44
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I have an old tube in the workshop. Its Ford Silicon Grease, Finis number 1040000. This may have been superceded, but the dealer should be able to get the current number from that.
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Dialectric grease as here www.allbatterysalesandservice.com/browse.cfm/2,668...l
If you search long enough you can get some over here, but not cheap even in small quantities in my experience.
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Maplin used to sell tubes of silicone grease, (I have one in my toolbox). Their website only advertises aerosol cans of silicone grease at the moment.
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Yes, ON, that's quite right, Maplin did used to sell tubes of Silicone Grease, I purchased a couple of tubes from them last year. However, looking in their catalogue and on their website, they now appear to have discontinued it.
Rapid Electronics sell exactly the same Silicone Grease that Maplin used to sell, but they have a high carriage charge for small orders, so it could work out expensive.
www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasteners-Production-Equ...2
What about Ebay? Someone must sell Silicone Grease on there, I would have thought.
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While you're at it, it's also worth cleaning and protecting the loom connector plug for the lambda sensor, which (on the Mk 1s) is tucked down behind the front bumper. It can get dirty / corroded from road muck and throw all sorts of interesting readings.
It's a pig to get to (ideally you need ramps) but it's good insurance.
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