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General Information => General => Topic started by: burn_your_money on March 27, 2010, 12:11:57 pm
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...don't use silicon >:(
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I bet that that was fun to take apart ;)
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Yeah, I have one where the PO tried to reseal the o-ring on the high-pressure end with orange silicone... then snapped the piston in half on reassembly.
Silicone makes such a mess when bits of it get into everything. :P
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THey ought to require an instruction course to purchase that stuff.. Brainwash people that more is not better, never use it on a fuel system or anything else intricate like an auto trans..
I wish I woulda snapped pics of the trans I just took apart.. Looked much like that pump.. I think I fished a whole tube of orange goo outta the valve body.. >:(
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Maybe they just shouldnt sell it. I hate it.
Ive been thinking of making gaskets for the Case halfs for my aircooled motors..just because I hate the stuff so much.
Either that or they need to require a 8hr course on how to do it..then get a card like they require people to do when buying a handgun in California.
Since misused sillly-cone has probably killed more things then legally purchased firearms in that state.
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Wow.....whoever did that sure knew how to smear it on there ::) did it fix the leak?
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Either that or they need to require a 8hr course on how to do it..then get a card like they require people to do when buying a handgun in California.
Bingo!!! The stuff does have it's place.. THose pesky corners of the intake on a V engine, old tractor drive lines that are impossible to find gaskets for and to make one would take 6 rolls of gasket material, that pesky exhaust manifold that was beyond repair 30 years ago and just won't seal.. Heck there are quite a few engines out there that never had anything else but the stuff, and a gasket will be too think and throw things off.. The whole key is to use it in the right place, and a little goes a long way!
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iève used some to repair an exhaust leak and it held so good, it blew out the muffler....