> So what happened to the dashboard? Was the culprit ArmorAll Original
> Protectant or a cleaning version? Leather, plastic? Did heat and and
> sunshine contribute?

Protectant. It removes the original plasticizers from the plastics,
and if after that you don't keep treating the dash with Armor All the
dash will shrink and crack.

Motor Up? It's an industrial high-pressure chlorine-based lubricant
designed for use on machinery in which the moving parts are replaced
regularly. It was NOT intended for engine or gearbox use. The chlorine
in it eats metals... and consider it criminal that a) it is marketed
and b) is ALLOWED to be marketed.


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Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin, New Zealand
Fossil preparator
Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut

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