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don't be a faggot

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35246c No.17870

Why is it so hard to buy headlight fluid at auto parts stores? Every time I go in and ask the guys behind the counter for headlight fluid they just laugh and insist it doesn't exist. It doesn't seem to matter where I go, the reaction is always the same.

I just want to be able to use the antique motorcycle headlight I got from an estate sale. It looks like pic related.

Has anyone else had problems finding specialty parts or fluids. I think there was a car from the 50s that required bottle of blue milk to run. I'm sure that's next to impossible to find these days, and any leftovers from back then are probably spoiled.

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1b8cd5 No.17871

File: 4845818d9552729⋯.jpg (50.95 KB,640x465,128:93,med_1480877131_image.jpg)

File: d31936ee5a58ce9⋯.jpg (451.21 KB,1200x1674,200:279,Sore_cafa91_6633139.jpg)

File: d5f4a8b7619a19c⋯.jpg (25.27 KB,425x283,425:283,vintage fluid.jpg)

File: 693534d01cab74a⋯.jpg (263.63 KB,1024x768,4:3,y7D8qLk.jpg)

Because most stores don't sell it as "Headlight Fluid", and in fact they never really have. You must be experiencing a Mandela effect of sorts. To prevent confusion, all brands agreed a while ago to sell their product as "Blinker Fluid". Valvoline for a time sold their product as "Headlamp/Blinker Fluid" (see pic related), but that was years ago. There are also vintage bottles produced by the private firm "Wilson's" (bankrupt since 1976) that used to make separate blinker/headlight fluids, but that was from the time prior to when the formula was optimized for all three lamp types to operate on the same liquid. Much like unleaded in a classic car's engine or modern motor oil, they should happily accept modern blinker fluid.

You might be interested in Ducati's "natural mineral water", as that's a more generalized lighting fluid designed for motorcycles, albeit modern ones, though like the previous point, should work on vintage headlamps just fine. You may need to pre-mix it with some Elbow Grease first however.

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84d597 No.17872

>>17871

how does one obtain elbow grease though? I've never seen any in my autoshop

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35246c No.17877

>>17871

Ever heard of a carbide lamp?

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a8c21d No.18154

>>17870

"Headlight fluid" is water. What you need is headlight (carbide) tablets, to drop in the water.

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a8c21d No.18155

> I think there was a car from the 50s that required bottle of blue milk to run.

Are you thinking of Oldsmobile's "Turbo Rocket Fuel" which was 50:50 methanol and water mix, used in the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire (with turbocharged engine)?

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