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Alternate use for your shock oil

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Post by mytimac » Thu Aug 13, 2015 10:42 am

Love this guys videos. He has some great tear downs of tools.
His latest has him using some Losi shock oil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIyssc75Its

I am guessing he discovered this when he was working on this video for kinetic sand creation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yiIt-DpHU

http://oldrc.com - Find parts for older Losi, Associated, Tamiya and others.
http://vintagelosi.com - Manuals and information on older Team Losi models

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