iwire said:
There is another blue lube, the name escapes me right now, it is darker blue and semi transparent. I think it might be an ideal product.
Worst tool horror story I have:
Installing sub panels through out a large motel. All 3" EMT feeders. Ordered the hydraulic KO set from the shop. Punch the first hole, and as I release the pressure, fluid just gushes out of the ram. I make one more hole before the whole thing is so low on fluid it won't work.
So I send it back to the shop for repairs. A week later, I ask the boss during one of his stie visits about it. He says yea, it's done.... it'll be here tomorrow.
Next day, it shows up. I'm happy as a drunk dog in a fire hydrant factory.... I can now finish the job. I punch another hole, release the pressure, and fluid pours out of the ram again.
I'm POd now... d**n repair shop did a crappy job. I call the shop to have them come get it and take it back to the repair shop. What does the shop guy tell me? "We got a repair estimate on it, and we determined it wasn't worth fixing."
So I haul out my own personal 3" KO and finish the job. I send the company set back, without the hydraulics.... just the punches & dies. I put the pump & ram in the job box.
Naturally, someone else in the company needs it, so the shop sends it to them. They call in to complain the hydraulics are missing. They check their paperwork and see it was last checked out to me. So the call me and ask where the pump & ram are. I tell them I threw them in the dumpster since you told me they weren't worth fixing......