Re: [AMC-List] I Hate The AMC Water Pump Design.

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2006-04-17 at 11:40, Mr. AMC wrote:
> It's not the AMC pump design, it's the person who previously installed
> the pump without putting anti-seize compound on the bolts. The V6 and V8
> puick's were known for that on the top 2 1/4" bolts. I anti-seize most
> bolts even door hinge bolts.

I concur. It's a 35-year-old-part problem. I anti-seize, oil or grease
every single machine-thread fastener after at least wire-brushing it (if
not abrasive-tumbling or simply replacing it).

But there are times you have no choice -- like taking apart factory or
someone-else's work -- and I know this sounds like and advertisement,
and I've said it before, but AEROKROIL fron Kano Labs is practically
miraculuous. Basically I had given up on all of these chemical
solutions, and WD-40 is a weak joke (for anything; what the hell is that
stuff good for anyways?).

When I took apart the 73 parts car, and the nasty 70 motor in our 72
hornet, I squirt AeroKroil on the tailpipe-to-exh-manifold bolts and the
studs holding intake to exhaust manifolds the day before. In both cases
all but one stud came right out like a new part -- one stud snapped, one
upper int-to-exh, but it was corroded down to a narrow waist of
rust-metal. That one's gotta be drilled, but it's companion came out
with some crunchiness.

I used it on all sorts of parts on three cars, all 35+ years old, and
not once have I broken off a bolt/stud, and nearly all spin off like
normal fasteners. Really.

Squirting a day or more ahead of time seems to help a lot.

AeroKroil is nothing like any other chemical nut-loosener I've ever
heard of. It actually works, and I am pretty damn skeptical.

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