[Rhodes22-list] Marvel Mystery Oil

[Bill Effros]

Ed,

Where is Marvel Mystery Oil made?

Bill Effros

Tootle wrote:
> Brad:
>
>      You told us that Marvel Mystery Oil is really gun oil.  But you did not
> tell us the name of the official government approved product or its
> ingredients, is that  just more gun oil?  What is special about gun oil?
>       Marvel Mystery Oil has been around for a very, very long time.  Isn't
> it made just down the street from Mike W?  Now we know why Celestial
> Navigation is a mystery to Bill E.  
>
> Ed K
> Greenville, SC, USA      
>
>
>
> Interesting.
>
> He really did repeat the same gag over and over.  We never got any 
> closer to the Mystery than that.
>
> Now for my second funny story...about the time I got into an elevator in 
> an apartment building late at night without first noticing that there 
> was a huge black guy already in the elevator.  I pushed the button for 
> the lobby and dropped all pretensions of atheism.  Elevators move 
> e.x.t.r.e.m.e.l.y slowly when there is a huge black guy behind you in an 
> elevator.  I escaped with my skin and never looked back.
>
> Later I learned that Patrick Ewing owned the penthouse in that building.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>   
>> Bill,
>>
>> Funny!  Actually, the stuff is nothing more than gun oil but when 
>> atomized
>> in a carb or fuel injection system it burns carbon off of valves.  
>> Sticking
>> valves from all the lead in so-called 100 low lead is a big problem in 
>> old
>> engines like my Continental E-225.  As an oil additive it is highly
>> detergent, which helps clean out crankcase deposits.  You only want to 
>> use
>> it in small doses near oil change time in older engines (mine doesn't 
>> have
>> that much time since overhaul so not a problem). There is a similar FAA
>> approved additive which costs five times as much since it is government
>> approved.  I'm sure it is five times as good though.  Of course, I 
>> only run
>> the government approved stuff myself!  The guys who run low compression
>> radial engines swear by MMO.  They pay $30K plus for overhauls and don't
>> dink around with ideas that haven't proven to work.  So here's the 
>> choice;
>> MMO or a rabbits foot?
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> On 1/22/07, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> The guy who owns Marvel Mystery Oil taught me Celestial Navigation.  He
>>> said it was a mystery to him why people bought the stuff.
>>>
>>> Bill Effros
>>>
>>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>>       
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> It was a real simple fix.  I threw massive amounts of money at the
>>>> problem
>>>> and it magically went away!  The engine driven pump came back free of
>>>> charge
>>>> from the overhaul facility.  They said it bench tested fine but
>>>> overhauled
>>>> it anyway.  After re-installation, the engine ran fine but wouldn't
>>>> idle for
>>>> more than 30 seconds.  I was convinced we were sucking air from
>>>>         
>>> somewhere
>>>       
>>>> and the electric back-up pump was the likely culprit.  That, and the
>>>> fact it
>>>> saved my arse once was reason enough to send it off for overhaul.
>>>> Actually,
>>>> it saved my arm as much as my arse.  The alternative was to operate 
>>>>         
>>> the
>>>       
>>>> manual wobble pump with my right arm and use the other one for the
>>>> yoke and
>>>> throttle - kinda like using a manual bilge pump to stay afloat while
>>>> manning
>>>> the tiller and trimming the sails simultaneously.  We installed the
>>>> overhauled electric pump and now she purrs like a kitten.  I flew her
>>>> to the
>>>> Gulf and back over Christmas to pick-up my brother but have been too
>>>> busy to
>>>> go chase $100 cheeseburgers since.  Total bill was about $1700.  Value
>>>>         
>>> of
>>>       
>>>> the fun?  Priceless.
>>>>
>>>> The E-series Bonanza guru for the American Bonanza Society is a big
>>>> believer
>>>> in Marvel Mystery Oil for our older E-series engines.  I've done a
>>>>         
>>> little
>>>       
>>>> research on the subject and started using it in my cars, both oil and
>>>> fuel
>>>> systems.  Anyone else have any Marvel Mystery experience?
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 1/22/07, Michael D. Weisner <mweisner at ebsmed.com> wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Brad,
>>>>>
>>>>> Speaking of planes for docs, how's the V-tail going?  Did you ever
>>>>> resolve
>>>>> the fuel pump issue?
>>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>> s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> Monday, January 22, 2007
>>>>> 11:12 AM
>>>>>           
>>>>>> Luis,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Interesting, but I'll neither fly it or invest in it - too many
>>>>>>             
>>> moving
>>>       
>>>>>> parts, extremely optimistic performance numbers, and its ugly.
>>>>>>             
>>>>> However,
>>>>> if
>>>>>           
>>>>>> the doctor or lawyer population gets out of control, it might be a
>>>>>>             
>>>>> good
>>>>>           
>>>>>> idea!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brad
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 1/22/07, Luis Guzman <trpclman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>>             
>>>>>>> Brad,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The Jetsons are coming.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Check this out: http://www.moller.com/m400.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Luis
>>>>>>>               
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