1971 Southgate CA Austin Graydon LPS Spray - 3-Pg Vintage Motorcycle Article

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1971 Southgate CA Austin Graydon LPS Spray - 3-Pg Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, Vintage Magazine article.
Page Size: Approx. 8" x 11" (21 cm x 28 cm) each page
Condition: Good
SPRAY CAN WATERPROOFER
AND IT REALLY WORKS
Magic Potion that
Really Works
by Mike Capalite
At the recent Motorcycle Trade and
Accessory Show at the Long Beach
Arena in Long Beach, California, I
came upon a very interesting product.
While walking through the many rows
of motorcycle goodies, my attention
was drawn to an exhibit of the AUS-
TIN & GRAYDON Company of South
Gate, California. They are the local
distributors of LPS (derived from a
description of their product. Lubri-
cates, Penetrates, Stops rust).
They had an electric relay box un-
covered and plugged into a 1 10 out-
let; from this it went to a bulb socket
and each time the relay would trip
and reset, the bulb would flash on
and off. The only different thing about
this was that it was submerged in an
aquarium of water. Being a natural
sceptic, I figured there was some kind
of gimmick, but I didn't know what
it was. So, I inquired further. He then
proceeded to take an electric drill and
spray it thoroughly with LPS, sink it
beneath the water in another
aquarium and turn it on and it ran
just fine Next he took an open light
socket plugged into a wall outlet and
sprayed it with LPS, submerged it
(holding it beneath the water with his
hands, I figured he was some kind
of nut), and then proceeded to screw
a light bulb into the socket. When the
bulb was bottomed, it lit. He then
unscrewed it under water and brought
them both out separately
Of course, the first thing that
flashed through my mind was how to
adapt this for waterproofing ignition
systems on motorcycles. By question-
ing him further, he explained just how
his product was able to perform these
feats. When I told him that I was
interested in waterproofing ignition
systems such as motorcycle mag-
netos, he explained that they have
three different types of LPS, num-
bered 1, 2 & 3, and that No. 1 would
be the best. Number 1 is a di-electric,
however, contacts cleaned with LPS
No. 1 leaves a soft, dry film on the
contacts but will not impede trans-
mission of signals, even of micro-wave
strength. When the contacts engage,
the film separates, allowing 100%
conductivity. When the contacts sep-
arate, the polar molecular action of
the film recovers the surface of the
contacts.
While this sounded impressive and
I wasn't about to show my ignorance
by saying, Huh? I was still a little
sceptical, so I flat asked him, "If I
were to spray the internal components
of a flywheel magneto with this stuff,
could I direct a stream of water at
it while it was running and would it
keep on running?" Much to my sur-
prise, he answered yes My retort
was, "I don't believe it." He offered
me a sample (I never turn down any-
thing that's free) if I would try it. He
did make one stipulation, he said that
I would have better results if I would
spray it on and let it set overnight to
dry thoroughly. I learned one thing
about modern science: Don't knock
it till you try it " The subject for my
experiment was a 175cc Yamaha
CT-1 Enduro model, and the accom-
panying photos tell the story of what
happened.
PHOTO #1
This is the can of the magic potion
that is going to do all sorts of fantastic
things. It comes with the long tube
for reaching into the hard-to-get-at
areas. I wanted to give it every oppor-
tunity to do its thing, so I decided
to strip out the electrics to give them
a good dousing
PHOTO #2
Remove the shift lever and take out
the four screws (arrows) holding the
side cover. The other two screws
merely hold the inspection cover and
may be left in place when the side
cover is removed.
PHOTO #3
Remove the 19mm flywheel nut,
lock washer and plain washer and
install the special flywheel puller as
shown. Do not attempt to remove the
flywheel without this special tool or
you will damage the flywheel.
PHOTO #4
Clean the contact area of all grease
and dirt; make sure the contact points
are in good shape; if not, replace
them. Next, remove the two screws
(arrows), securing the backing plate
to the engine and pull it away so you
will be able to get at both sides.
PHOTO # 5
With the plate away from the en-
gine you can thoroughly spray the
electrics. Saturate them well with the
spray and open the points and spray
them with a generous coating.
PHOTO #6
As it is also a rust preventive, clean
the inside of the flywheel and coat
it also Now it must be set aside to
dry overnight—the distributer said this
is not really necessary, but it is rec-
ommended.
PHOTO #7
After allowing it to dry overnight,
replace the backing plate and the
flywheel Adjust the ignition timing so
that the contacts just break as the
mark on the flywheel and the pointer
line up as shown.
PHOTO #8
I took it out to the water hose and
ran water over and into the magneto
assembly for about a minute. The
distributer claims that the only way
to wash it off is with detergent.
PHOTO #9
Here's the proof of the pudding that
made a believer out of me It started
on the first kick and kept right on
running as I directed the stream of
water on it for about a minute. I shut
it off and, after letting it sit for a few
minutes, it again fired off on the first
kick. The distributers for this product
are Austin and Graydon, 13705 Par-
amount Blvd , South Gate, California...
16442