I've rebuilt my PHII's several times, and you really have to
disassemble it to lube the piston properly. It sure would be nice if I
could figure out how to do it without disassembling though... I
basically let it go a couple of years then rebuild it, lubing it at
that time. In the interim, I lube the shaft and the wet/dry rotor
several times.

Skip Gundlach wrote:


So, assuming I misremember (happens more and more lately), where,
exactly, do I put this heavy squirt? As I (think I) understand how
this thing works, if I were to take it off the base as I did, and
merely put a large dollop of the grease in it, reassemble, and pump
away, it would immediately go out the joker, other than that which
managed to scrape against the sides.

Or, is there somewhere else I put it? As I did it, I put a pretty good
layer around the cylinder. My first attempt (years ago, now) had me
putting it down the flush/dry valve, and the output to the bowl,
because I couldn't see anywhere else (which was supposed to be so easy)
which, of course, thoroughly lubed the ball and seat and made the seal
not very good there.

I say try a poop sized dollop in the bottom pipe as far as you dare
push it, plugging it up, then flush slowly with a minimum of water.
Chances are two of three times that it will get pumped and slathered
through all the areas that need it. Would hot water help, d'ya think?
Might work out better than dissassembly again. That stuff floats,
right? Does that mean we can hope to sequester a dollop in the top part
of the pump, to bounce around for a while, doing it's work?

Now, about the environmental aspect of flushing all those hydro flouro
carbon artificial teflon greases...

How about bacon fat, or even vaseline?

Terry K