In our local mechanics world we called that stuff "Yellow Death".
For some reason it was popular among our shade tree and discount
mechanics as a gasket sealer. I wasn't too bad if they put it on only
ONE side of the gasket, that was just a lot of scraping and cursing.
The real problem is that some used "little good- more better" philosophy
and put it on both sides of the gasket. I can't recall how many fuel and
water pumps that I actually broke while trying to get them off.
The worst case was the time that some yahoo glued a head gasket with it.
We ended up driving a couple wood chisels into the gasket. It only came
off when the gasket separated half on the head and half on the block!
I grew to hate that stuff so much I can barely bring myself to use it on
weather strips where it belongs :-)
John
Wauchula, FL
'49 Chevy 3800 panel
'52 GMC 640 Firetruck
ADvent@thuntek.net wrote:
>
> In the dealer world, we called that 3M yellow stuff "gorilla snot". Ok, it
> ain't a term to use in front of mom or in church. It is kinda funny, though.
> Anyone know how it got called that?
>
> Woody wrote:
>
> > 3M Weatherstrip adhesive.
> >
> > Woody
> > 53 GMC 1/2T
> > Carnation, Wa
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Charles Culver <sculver@iwl.net>
> > To: oletrucks list <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> > Date: Friday, May 19, 2000 8:09 PM
> > Subject: [oletrucks] Rubber gaslet adhesive
> >
> > >What's good to make rubber cowl vent gaskets stick to metal?
> > >
> > >Thanks-
> > >
> > >Smokey Culver
> > >'50 3600 5-window (mine)
> > >'56 3600 (hers)
> > >League City, Texas
> > >
> > >
> > >oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> > >
> >
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
> --
> New Mexico Jim
> 50 3100 * ton
> 51 6??? two ton dump
> 54 two ton for parts
>
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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