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Jeepwm69,
I bought my TSI 321 online from a fishing reel parts/repair website and saved a buck or two. If I remember right you can buy it directly from their website as well. Its expensive... but it goes a long way... just don't spill the container. LOL Same goes for CorrosionX, direct from the website or find someone retailing it cheaper. The CorrosionX is a specialty lube that is better suited for electro-mechanical stuff, like relays and switches and connectors etc. TSI specs and properties are on their site.
For oiling cables I use a needle injector (an ordinary insulin needle, get a handful for cheap or free) and take the cable off the machine and hang it up, then just put a couple drops at a time (in the sheath end where the cable goes into it) until you think enough oil is in there to seep/creep down to the other end. Wait a few hours... when you see a drop of oil coming out and wetting the other end you got it. I usually leave them hang overnight so I can wipe off any excess oil that seeps out before putting them back on the machine.
Many of the cables nowadays are plastic coated, but the inner sheath is not and will hold water and rust. In the winter those wet and rusting cables may freeze. Scary on a throttle cable..... The TSI oil prevents any rust from forming due to the oil being bonded with the metal. A protective layer exists at the surface. If you get mud inside a cable you can just flush it out with alcohol or other water soluble cleaner and re-oil the cable every year or so, when its gotta live in the slop.
You can also buy the oil with a solvent added that thins it down and makes it penetrate quicker, but I get more for my money by buying it undiluted. One bottle lasts me over ten years... and I use it on everything needing a light oil, so I use a lot of it. It makes fishing reels sing... and zing! Small electric motors such as fan motors can benefit from it too.
