Derek Drew wrote:
>
> I took an old VC out last night ....
>
> 1. The fluid was obviously under pressure as it gushed out of either hole
> until I put the screw back in.

Derek,

FWIW, maybe there was enough of a difference in
temperature/elevation/barometric pressure between Austria c.1985 and NYC
c.1999 (in it's present heatwave especially, not to mention global
warming ;-)) to create that kind of pressure in this mystery goo.
--
Regards,
David Bogle
Brooklyn