[Rhodes22-list] Marvel Mystery Oil

[Michael D. Weisner]

Ed & Bill,

I always thought that Marvel Mystery Oil was made in Port Chester or Rye NY,
just west of the CT border.  Isn't that closer to you, Bill?

I use MMO for all sorts of great stuff.  It provides a better corrosion
resistance for tools than WD40, although it isn't available in a spray can.
I usually have a rag saturated in MMO around just to wipe tools with.  When
I worked in a machine shop, we always placed the metal to be machined in a
tray with MMO prior to cutting.  I never knew (or asked) what was in the
stuff but it smells like mineral oil but it is a characteristic red color.

At the end of the season I squirt some into the outboard spark plug hole to
prevent cylinder corrosion.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)


From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com> Tuesday, January 23, 2007 9:55 AM
> 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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