That silver s#!+.....

Here at the heating plant where I work, we burn coal, #6 fuel oil and natural gas. It's a filthy place, with all kinds of airborne contaminants, both in particulate and gas form. Needless to say, the equipment (not to mention our lungs!) is subjected to high levels of corrosion. We hardly think of putting any piece of equipment together without using that silver hi-temp antiseize (Permatex makes what we use) on the fasteners. It really helps the next person who has to disassemble the equipment.

What I'm getting at is, how many of you use something similar when re-assembling your N's? I try to use it whenever I can. Yeah, it gets on everything--clothes, fingers, etc.--but it really keeps things from sticking. What about it?

Ron

EVERY BOLT AND NUT I PUT TOGETHER GETS ANTISIEZE!
Because I am going to have to take it apart next year. We also put a liberal amount of antisieze on the face of lwco gaskets and all piping flange gaskets. It saves a lot of scraping the next time you repair it.

I have carried this habit over to my home wrenching. It goes on my 8N, pickup, home boiler and yes even on my (lug) nuts. I have never been in anything yet that wouldn't clean off my hands.

I would have to be really frustrated to put loc-tite on any fastner and I know sometimes it is necessary.

When I was a young apprectice, working for a master machinist, while spending 2 remaining years working off my indentured "servent" status, I noticed that the old machinist had, in his tool chest, a small bottle of Milk of Magnesia.
One day I noticed the old fellow open the bottle of Milk of Magnesia and coat the threads of some bolts before assembling them in an AIRCRAFT engine.

Well, I took-up the courage that I had and asked the mechanic "why did you coat the threads with Mike of Magnesia?" It seems that during WWII it was quite common to use Milk of Magnesia as an Anti-Seiz compound. I have been using it ever since. Good stuff to keep in ones tool-chest.

Otherwize, yes, I do use Anti-seeze on a lotta nuts and bolts where constantly exposed to corrosion. I ALSO use it on my sparkplugs, keeps from wearing out the threads in the alumnium cylinderhead of my BMW's. I also use a lotta locktite 242 blue on nuts and bolts I don't want to un-intentionally come apart..... ...Dell

Boeing specs a high-nickel hi-temp anti-seize for engine bolts, but guess what? they are also safety wired. Safety wire, the last ditch prevention against parts vibrating apart.

FYI, the big nut that holds the jet engine front fanhub onto the engine mainshaft is torqued to 3.2 foot/TONS!!!! Takes a 1/2" air drive drill motor about 12 hrs with a triple-reduction geardrive to rattle it tight. And then it is safety wired.

And you thought the 8N's rear axle NUT 450 ft/lbs was a grunt (grin)..... .....respectfully, Dell who still sez: NO ANTI-SEIZE on MY LUGNUTS, 8N tractor, or Dodge Cummins Diesel, or BMW 2002, or VolksWagon Rabbit Diesel Pickups

your milage may vary

respectfully dave who has used anti seize on Volve L-70 payloader, AC 740 payloader a GMC 10 car hauler, a F-7000 4 car hauler, 4 -1/2 ton delivery trucks, 8n, 860 ford,Dodge Caravan, Subaru , Dakota, Cherokee,Dynasty, (finger is getting tired) LOL

Grin
later,dave

Bill

Ron