and no that is not me!
I want to thank Loco Greg (fellow Detroit 3 Railer) for supplying me and a few other club members with the best tool from Harbor freight I have ever seen. This has saved me so much time in re-greasing all my engine gear boxes. My Lionel PRR J1a was running very noisy. a few squeezes from this and it runs like new! Now to maintain the fleet.
Thanks again Loco Greg!
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Name, Part Number, etc????
I will have to see, they were given out at the last open house I had.
I believe Greg got them from Amazon, maybe eBay (large quantity cheap) . Search under "EXEL Curve Tip Syringe". They are used for Oral Irrigation. Greg uses Red-N-Tacky for his engine gear boxes. Works great. Also, there are other brands than Exel.
Dan
You can get them @ Hobby Town USA. 12cc
I use fine oiling bottle with a syringe needle to do the same thing. Being able to lube with a good aim makes a big difference.
I use fine oiling bottle with a syringe needle to do the same thing. Being able to lube with a good aim makes a big difference.
That's what she said.
We've (LHS) been selling these for years and years. We stock them in the R/C airplane department amongst their tools/gadgets, but I've been selling them to trains customers for a myriad of applications...the most common and appreciated of which is applying matte medium-type adhesive to freshly groomed ballast (after wetting the ballast with a fine mist of 'wet water'). It makes the job so much easier and controlled...especially in the smaller scales (HO & N).
We get our curved-tip applicators from one of our distributors...
http://www.hobbico.com/tools/hcar3785.html
Check your LHS R/C airplane department.
If you are using one for grease, use a separate one for the adhesives....and be sure to clean the syringe barrel/tip/plunger thoroughly after you're done with the job!!
Great tool! Agreed!
KD
Dremel "rotary hand tool."
Pete
You might try your local pharmacist or animal vet. They use similar for oral liquid meds on dogs and cats. I have asked to buy one or more and my pharmacist just gave me 2 or 3. She said they give them away with prescriptions for babies and didn't have a way to sell them to me even if she wanted to. I am a good customer at both the local Walgreens and the veterinary hospital - 4 shelter dogs.
Hands-down, a battery powered cordless drill motor.
Gilly
Hands-down, a battery powered cordless drill motor.
Gilly
oh yeah, no arguments there, but this one has reached a new pinnacle and from a unexpected application.
No more taking my engines apart to grease the gear box, especially when their new!
Now you can save the Warranty. 
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