On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 5:28 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

>
> which is why ALL screws , esp. cooling system screws, should be
> installed with something on them..
> I find Permatex High Tack gasket goop to be hyper perfect .
> prevents corrosion, sticks 'em in there ...
> ( anti-vibration ) ..
> like it's a mortal sin to put a screw into a housing or block dry.
>
>   Since it's still Friday, I'll add that screws  almost anywhere, screws
that will see any weather or immersion, those should have some Goo...Each
and every one.   I've been doing a lot of 'pick-up' carpentry work lately,
repairing and replacing pieces of houses that were tossed together back in
the real estate boom... Not ten years old...many have their cheap Home
Depot screws already rusted away with rotting material all around.   A
simple dab of silicone would have totally prevented this....and that
'composite' building material that is supposed to be 'impervious' to
weather?  Ha!   If you believe that, I have a bridge I'd sell you....

  Boats:   Every single fastener in a boat should be gooed with something
fiberglass or wood.......I also restored some wooden river dories, "drift
boats" built by very reputable Northwest names....but they were all
'self-taught' and nobody ever clued them in to using bedding compound (a
pre-silicone pre-poly____ substance that all boatbuilders of old are
familiar with).    As a result, many of these fine old boats are beyond
saving due to rusted away screws and bolts, leaving holes in the wooden
hulls that simply rots them away.

  Motos....I always use at least blue locktite on all my motorcycle nuts
and bolts...Having something come loose while lapping a racetrack at speed
or in the middle lane of an interstate surrounded by soccer moms and semi
trucks....not a good thing...