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stag is great.
gotten me out of trouble before today... there is a series 1 on bribie i repaired the head years ago with bog and stag on the head gasket to get a guy out of a jam, is still going today... and it has to be at least 15 years ago if not more...
Aha
have finally found the culprit, Mr Incisor it was you that must have mentioned it in a post some time ago, almost similar times frame ( 15 years) and a series repair that is still untouched from when you first bogged it up. Many thanks i should have asked you in the first place.
Now i remember the correct name Stag Jointing Past, not gasket goo.See what the modern times have done to us made us forget the simple things we used to use.
Anyway its too late now, i bought a tin of hylomar yesterday, quite reasonably priced too from supercheeeeep. and the instructions are easy to follow.
I also did a hylomar web search, seeing what the stuff was developed for and its applications, it is the stuff to use. Nearly all the private stuff i looked at recommended it.
I guess the reason people say it is no good is because they put a glycol based coolants in straight after using it on the gasket.
After all that is what instructions are for.
john
One tends to forget that there are home mechanics and self-taught persons doing these jobs, who are not familiar with the normal practices of the fitter's trade. Always pull the studs from the block, kiss the top of the stud holes with a countersink just enough to remove any hilling on the mating surface, always run a tap or die or die nut over the stud threads and the threaded holes. CLEAN AWAY ANY SWARF! Check your workshop manual for instructions as to whether the assembling should be done clean and dry, with anti-seize, or with a thread sealant.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
Aside from the goo suggestions, it is easy to re-remember(is that a word) things you have come across in past experiences. Things you put in the memory bank at the time, then forget when you need it later.
Having said all that, i have had experience with both problems that Jd and brian describe, in, of all things, a pajero block, and a peugot engine
thinking back on to the tractor, i am wondering ,did I, retracing my steps I did, ( sad isn't it I am having a conversation with myself for all to see)
The probelm was with the partial corrosion of the water galleries,on the head to block, hardley worth my while to take the bugger into the automotive guys to get the block done, as the block is half the tractor. Anyway thats all sorted out now.
Many thanks again.
Now to try and work out why the abs won't play intermittently.
Cars and all things automotive are definately tools of the devil!
john