In that same book (Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners & Plumbing) his
favorite sealer is Permatex Gasket Eliminator #515. He states
that it is the best surface repairer as well as gasket
eliminator, as it will fill a void up to 0.050 in.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 18:53:54 -0500
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Subject: RE: Counterfeit bolts
>To: "'Richard Fox'" <v4gr@rcn.com>
>Cc: LSR List <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>
>I just remembered something I read long ago in one of Carol
Smith's
>excellent books-- a good source of VERY tough bolts is
Caterpillar. You
>might try a legitimate Caterpillar dealer and see if they
have anything in a
>useable size.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Fox [mailto:v4gr@rcn.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 4:28 PM
>Cc: LSR List
>Subject: Re: Counterfeit bolts
>
>
>When I was still a wage slave at United Air Lines we ran into
counterfeit
>bolts on rare occasion. Yes the airline did cooperate with
prosecution.
>Rich Fox
>----- Original Message -----
>
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 03:53 PM
>Subject: Re: Counterfeit bolts
>
>
>> One of our sponsors is Coast Nut and Bolt in Grover
Beach, Ca.
>> I asked him about counterfeit bolts. He told me that
there are
>several
>> people in federal prisons right now because of that. Seems
that if you
>sell
>> bolts to the government they get really pissed if they are
not what you
>say they
>> are. If you look on the higher quality bolts you should see
some kind of
>> vender/quality control marking. He sells to PG & E for the
nuclear power
>plant
>> and San Luis Obispo county. So he has paper work on every
fastener he
>sells. So
>> it should not be to hard to find non-counterfeit fasteners
in your area.
>Doug
>> Odom in big ditch
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