Lubriplate would work good for that.
I notice the hinges on my Outboard engine crust up with lots of dirt but
inside it's nice and clean where the parts rotate.

Stan Wilder
www.engineceramics.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gnarlodious" <gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 5:43 PM
Subject: Re: balky shift question

> The problem is, New Mexico is dry and dusty. Viscous lubricants attract
lots
> of dirt when then makes shifting even harder than if it was bone dry. Then
I
> must spray with a solvent and scrape to clean it off. The best long-term
> solution seems to be a thin lube that collects no abrasives. Like WD-40.
> Any other suggestions? Dry lubricant maybe? Talcum? Graphite? Buckyballs?
>
> -- Gnarlie
>
>
> Entity don spence spoke thus:
>
> > Gnarlie
> > I can't imagine crawling under there every two months. Put a proper
> > lubricant on it for goodness sake!  WD40 is a Water Dispersant.
> > Fortieth attempt to formulate.  It's basically kerosene (which is why
> > it makes a good flame thrower or potato cannon fuel.)  It evaporates in
> > about 48 hours.
> > Use it to clean something but not as a lube. Waste of time and money.
> >
> > my 3 cents (inflation ya know)
> >> I spray all moving linkage parts about every 2 months with WD40. The
> >> front I
> >> get whenever the spare tire is out. By shifter boot is loose which
> >> makes it
> >> easy to lube from inside.