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Old 20-01-15, 19:53
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Originally Posted by Pleiades View Post
Don't use copper grease as it is petroleum based and will rot the rubber. I use red brake grease, which is safe in direct contact with rubber. You can get it here. I think Halfords sell it too, but it's nearly twice the price.
Surprise surprise, Halfords are nothing more than the Dixons of the automotive world.

In 1993 I once had a Ford 100E (with a 105E engine) I was banger racing it (yes, really), it was on a trailer and I needed a standard Ford set of points (same as a black dizzy Cortina, Escort) but he insisted he couldn't sell me a set as I must go to a "classic specialist".

Or the time I was looking at aTom Tom satnav, Halfords boy spotted I had a 60s car and refused to sell me a Tom Tom as " they don't work with dynamos".

Idiots.
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