I would have expected that old Campy grease would have turned almost solid over a long time. That's what I usually find in old parts with that grease.
At the Masi factory in Carlsbad, we had tins of grease that we used for bike assembly, which was my first job there. It was in tins that said "Fiat" and it was indeed, from Italy. In other words, it was from the car company Fiat, as the logo was theirs.
Fiat grease instead of Campy; that surprised me. I was also surprised to see what brand of files we had at the factory: an exotic Italian brand ? .........Nicholson!
Chuck Hoefer
Pacific Coast Cycles
Oceanside, California
> It's so funny that Sean should mention old campy grease. Just a day or two
> ago, I was dissassembling my Dad's 40 year old Peugeot PX-10 and found
> Campagnolo grease in the bottom bracket....I could smell it the very
> moment I cracked open the bottom bracket. And..it was still in pretty good
> condition and I had exactly the same thought as Sean...."how can I save
> this stuff?". Sean, we're both sickos!
> After quite a bit of hand-wringing and dithering, I grabbed a rag and
> wiped the parts clean. But, I kept the rag. It's hanging from a clothes
> line in the garage. Twice today I have come into the garage and been
> greeted by the perfume of that grease and the accompaying wave of
> nostalgia brought on by that scent. I have been transported back in time,
> and I am sitting in my Dad's garage surrounded by bicycle parts,
> rebuilding a hub for the very first time.
> I guess in a way I have found further use of that old grease.
> Chris Wiscavage
> Where it is still 1972 in Mountain View CA
>
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