| Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,817 | Permatex #3 resembles a vacuum cleaner- - - -it "inhales vigorously!" Those two different size bottles used to be identified as "3D" and "3H".
Pulling those gallery plugs is also an important part of a good rebuild- - - - - -it allows the oiling system passages to be scrubbed out with a bronze shotgun cleaning brush and solvent. It's surprising how much crud can accumulate in the oil system passages over a few decades, and how much damage it can do to new bearings. Especially after some cleaning has been done during rebuild prep- - - - -loosening up that crud so it can wreak havoc on that fresh rebuild! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
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