So whats the deal with Differential fluid?
04-05-2014, 06:32 PM
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Sorry for your misunderstanding. Auto makers use rtv only instead of gaskets because it is cheaper. Paper gaskets don't suck, they are only as good as the person who installs them. It's much easier to remove high tack with solvent than scrape rtv. Their are satisfactory ways of doing things, and there's the way craftsmen do things.
I would not recommend a paper gasket. After the cover has been bent by rocks and hammered straight a few times, how well is that going to seal? I have never used a paper gasket. Always use rtv because that is what it came from the factory with. But why would you want to use something that, as you say, is only as good as the person installing? Why not use something that will for sure not leak, even is the sealing surface is not perfect?
04-05-2014, 06:44 PM
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So craftsmen use RTV?
I was building motors before RTV was invented and most folks could spell it.
My junk didn't leak.
I was building motors before RTV was invented and most folks could spell it.
My junk didn't leak.
04-05-2014, 06:45 PM
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I would not recommend a paper gasket. After the cover has been bent by rocks and hammered straight a few times, how well is that going to seal? I have never used a paper gasket. Always use rtv because that is what it came from the factory with. But why would you want to use something that, as you say, is only as good as the person installing? Why not use something that will for sure not leak, even is the sealing surface is not perfect?
04-05-2014, 06:57 PM
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I'm still stuck on the craftsmen thing. Help me out here.
04-05-2014, 07:04 PM
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Maybe craftsman is the wrong word. There are mechanics who work on automobiles for a living. There are Mechanics who take pride and ownership of whatever they are working on wether it belongs to them or a client. They don't cut corners and they work in a certain manner.
04-05-2014, 07:05 PM
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That's ^^ my answer? I want to know about East Bay RTV slinging stuff.
I wanna know why when I lived in San Jose I rebuilt a Nissan Patrol motor with factory cork gaskets using chassis grease on 'em that it didn't ever leak. What was I missing, yo?
I wanna know why when I lived in San Jose I rebuilt a Nissan Patrol motor with factory cork gaskets using chassis grease on 'em that it didn't ever leak. What was I missing, yo?
04-05-2014, 07:09 PM
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Maybe craftsman is the wrong word. There are mechanics who work on automobiles for a living. There are Mechanics who take pride and ownership of whatever they are working on wether it belongs to them or a client. They don't cut corners and they work in a certain manner.
04-05-2014, 07:17 PM
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Because there are a select few who know what they are doing and know when to put down the tube of RTV. No RTV worship here.
04-05-2014, 07:29 PM
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Maybe craftsman is the wrong word. There are mechanics who work on automobiles for a living. There are Mechanics who take pride and ownership of whatever they are working on wether it belongs to them or a client. They don't cut corners and they work in a certain manner.
04-05-2014, 08:22 PM
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Boy, do I wish that were true!
The word, "professional", just means they make their living at it. That's all.
Most mechanics who are making a living at it don't live up to the standard you described.
04-05-2014, 08:28 PM
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Maybe I should have worded that differently. More like the mechanics I know...but I don't surround myself with idiots, either. Yes there are bad mechanics out there. My point is, they don't last at reputable shops for any length of time.