On Aug 20, 12:02 pm, Fred the Red Shirt
wrote:
On Aug 20, 3:58 pm, wright1902glider wrote:

... In the film, they describe coating the prop shaft of
the R-2800 with the "perscribed mixture" of white lead and castor oil
before installing the prop.


Fred,

I worked for Sherwin-Williams for about 7 years but I never did figure
out what was in that can of Japan dryer. It was in some sort of
solvent.

In the film, I can't really see which part of the prop shaft they
smeared the goop on. The film did mention using light oil on a few
parts. My guess is that its either the splines, or the tapered
section. The plane in question was an early model and still had the
"razorback" canopy. They were installing an electroc prop b/c they had
to remove the brush box, and clean the brush contact ring and retainer
before installing the prop. I remember reading that the P-47s used at
least 2 different props depending on model, but its been 20 years
since I read that book.

Harry