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On 3/21/2014 12:09 PM, Paul Stamler wrote: > On 3/21/2014 10:06 AM, Kurt Nauck wrote: >> Does anyone have a good substitute for SME Dampening Oil? I wish to fill >> a 3012-R trough. Replacement vials are $25 for one filling, but I wonder >> if there isn't something just as good which can be purchased in a larger >> container. > > I seem to remember from when that arm was new that people were > recommending synthetic motor oil as a substitute liquid. I don't > remember the weight, though. > > Peace, > Paul > I assume you are talking about the arm's manual lift/lower mechanism. I am looking at my SME arm right now, and I wonder how you disassemble that part of it? I have medium quantities (about a pint) of some Dow-Corning fluid which was appropriate for the ancient Grey arm. I'll trade some of the fluid for the instructions that get me into the correct part of the SME lift assembly. Rhett Rhett McMahon 125 Country Rd Silver City NM 88061