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My '70 C/10 - The Rat Bastard... [Won't Idle.]

Yea.... The general consensus is: "Thread sealer w/ ptfe is garbage", compared to 300 or Aviation.

Issaam: Yea, I got a Timing Light.... Thanks, tho. :D

Paul: I cant begin to thank you enough for all the advice, in recent months! :thumb:


jake 03 said:
Love the name,so fitting given what you have gone though with this thing.
Good luck on no more leaks!
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... And, thanks, Jake! :D
 
the 300 is a bit harder to find than the aviation.. personally I like the 300 a bit better than aviation due to the thicker consistency..

but aviation is also a GREAT product, we use a TON of it at work.... WAY more than any silicone RTV, or even 300.. we go thru dozens of aviation containers in a yr..

and I use ultra black, but it's rare.. usually just corners of intakes and such..
 
Yea... Everywhere the UB was supposed to go, it worked great. :haha:

Fwiw, my local NAPA carries 300 on the shelf.
I grabbed Aviation, purely because of the number of experienced reviews that I read.

Thats all....
 
it's one thing I've mentioned in here quite a bit.. everyone doesn't turn wrenches for a living and a common thing is to load RTV all over the place... it's just a natural progression.. I know most know that, but if it even reminds/helps one guy, I think it's worth repeating myself..

and the thing is, as with most things, especially bodywork, it all boils down to percentages of failure.. like loading RTV on a cork pan gasket, is it automatically gonna fail? not necessarily, but the percentage of the gasket squirting out certainly goes up.. :doah:

anyway, sure you'll be fine now... :waytogo:
 
And, as a complete *squirrel* side-note:

When I was a kid, I always wondered how the hell my Father had collected so many aerosol cans.
I just couldnt figure out why you needed 5 different heat ranges of paints, and 15 solvents,
And gasket makers, and gasket sealants, or what have you....

Now... I have a shelf, too. :haha:
 
no mess if you make windowed valve covers like I did for Mutt... :whistle:

you can buy oil deflector clips cheap, I have a couple sets I use at work...

in a pinch you can do it without anything depending on the motor and angle of it's heads..

back each off till they clack, than tighten a 1/2 turn..
 
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Gotta love it when the only thing holding you back, is needing another person.:haha:
I need to find TDC #1, but am alone.

Tricks?
 
remove #1 spark plug, get a remote starter switch (or make one with wire and alligator clips on a push button of some sort), put your finger over the #1 spark plug hole and tap the push button remote starter switch until you finger blows off the spark plug hole (compression stroke). Then slowly turn the crank by hand until the piston is all the way to the top of the cylinder, then align the timing tabs to 0 degrees and that should be top dead center.

There are tools to get you perfectly exact like a dial indicator that goes in the spark plug hole if you don't have a timing tab, or simply don't trust it...
 
or you can do it fully manual by pulling all the plugs and turning it over with a breaker bar at the crank snout.. left hand spinning the motor, right hand with finger over #1... do not do it with the other plugs in, the compression will make it hard to spin, potentially snapping the snout bolt..

another trick if your unsure with the finger/ or paper clip deal, if you pull the ds vc, and turn it over till the intake on #1 opens, than closes, the next time your timing mark gets to zero, that's TDC...


yr's ago I had a neat whistle that you screwed into the plug hole to let you know when you where on the compression stroke.. alas, it was stolen at one point... :mad:
 
yeah, I've seen them since, but never repulled the trigger.. my old boss back in the day gave it to me...

a quick google search shows they make em these days with a quick connect that goes on a compression tester style hose...

https://www.google.com/#psj=1&q=tdc+whistle&tbm=shop


but the one my boss gave me was neat, direct threaded into chevy's and was small, about the length of a spark plug...
 
I use a wine cork instead of a finger. No remote starter switch, no fancy whistles when it pops your at #1.
 
Fwiw I like using a straw to find tdc.

I am going to return thr other thread sealant and get the 300.

Can I use it to make gaskets for diff covers and stuff too?
 
no, it is not designed for that. but it is often used in conjunction with gaskets, as can the aviation seal, to help fill/seal any imperfections in a gasket mating surface..

they both somewhat act as a high tack type product to help keep a gasket located too.. tho not nearly as "contact cementy" as high tack is..
 
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