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| Hello, I am starting to work with a large fountain type deal that wraps around the current building I am creating. I want to use actual water, but my first attempt in channelling it left the entire thing soaking wet; the bricks were not tight enough (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) First, Yes - the pneumatic pumps will pump water with no problems. I use two of them sitting in the basin of a castle baseplate (to catch the water) to create a small fountain on our train layout. The problem I get is the water doesn't want to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Is there any worry about exhausting the lubricant (or is there no lubricant)? I suppose WD-40 would rejuvenate it if it did get exhausted. (...) If the surroundings of the water well are large enough, one could hide the plastic wrap behind a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I think the lubricant is plain old 'vaseline' - easy to "rejuvenate"! John (25 years ago, 3-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hi Frank, You might consider using a hydrolic(sp) grease found at most any pool supply store. We used that on the pool pump mechanism. It will stay better under water. Vasaline is a petrolium byproduct and has the potential to damage the lego (...) (25 years ago, 4-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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