<VV> Tejas grease

[Padgett]

>  but I live in Texas... no salt on the
>roads here

Odd, was in Dallas a winter ago and was a scandal about the road salt being 
stored under the freeways and corroding the supports.

I assemble engines with white grease and antiseize. Have a friend who 
believes in installing gaskets dry but I like to apply a thin coat of 
grease. Antiseize is used where steel meets aluminum (as in a cylinder 
head) or galling is likely. May use a drop of RTV where gaskets meet but 
just a drop. Go through a lot of long pipe cleaners and do a lot of surface 
prep (could never do this for a living, am way too slow). Also liberaly 
coat bearing surfaces and oil pump gears with STP before assembly and ATF 
makes a good cleaner.

Wheel bearing grease can be substituted for white grease in a pinch.

Have never understood people who insist on playing godzilla with fasteners, 
with proper prep and cleaning/chasing of all threads can install most 
things by hand and then just use a wrench for final tightening to specs. If 
the surface is straight and shiny to begin with it is not going to leak.

Padgett