On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Randall Young wrote:
> You mean you don't carry a flashlight and duct tape in the boot ? Sorta
> "de rigueur" for a LBC, isn't it ? (Tape flashlight (torch) to fender
> (wing) as an emergency headlight. Also works with red shop rag as
> taillight. <g>)
I couldn't find the flashlight- usually it's stashed behind the seats, but
no amount of groping would catch it. Today I found it in the passenger's
side footwell. Batteries are probably dead anyway, but I've got one!
It has a magnetic base too. However, I think I'll get one of those
handheld fog light things (with the phone cord plug in) and hook a
cigarette lighter socket up somewhere in the car. Then, I can just stick
my arm out the window, light in hand. (Hmm, that may not be fun in
winter)
The duct tape also lives behind the seats. I have a roll of masking tape
too, for smaller jobs.
> Don't forget the anti-seize for the manifold studs. Get the kind with
> either copper or nickel metal in it. It's expensive, but absolutely worth
> it. A little goes a long way, I've been using the same 4 oz can of the
> copper stuff for almost 20 years. I have never twisted off a bolt or stud
> that was put together with it. Even the bolts that hold the catalytic
> converter to the Y pipe on my Chevy still come apart easily, after almost
> 20 years of heat, water, mud, etc. Also works great for spark plugs in
> aluminum heads.
I've got silvery stuff- is this nickel or aluminum? (Hmm, is nickel
magnetic? That would be a sure-fire test)
I use this stuff- apparently rated to 2000 degrees F- for my bodywork
mountings. I was going to use it on the new exhaust hardware, but maybe
I'll grab a bottle of copper-based anti-sieze instead.
-Malcolm
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