Seems to work well also for sealing the clear plastic plate to the head when CC'ing chambers.



As a side note: The local hack who botched my head build-up suggested white grease when I asked what lube to use when assembling the new rocker/friction-adjusters. Good thing I decided to break them in on a tired, high-mileage motor!

6 VOLTS/POS. GRD. NW INDIANA

I’ll add that I use white grease for everything but a lubricant.  For the reasons Tim cited, I will not use it on engine internals simply due to its oil filter clogging attributes and it’s tendency to get hard and crusty over time.  Makes a great coupling fluid for sonic testing though as well as its occaisional use on gaskets.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Aha! I wonder if that explains some rocker oiling issues?

Best regards,



Paul Menten

Meridian, Idaho

 

Yeah, I've used it on intakes also when I want to try different types on the same engine. When I first started working on British cars over twenty six years ago, I was overhauling a B engine and got chewed out for using weatherstrip adhesive for a sealer.  My boss, an English Fellow, made me tear the engine down and told me to start over using white grease. Makes a great sealer but a poor assembly lube, drys hard and plugs oil passages.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

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tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Ah Hah!  That was what I was looking for!  Thanks Tim and Ted.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Tim.  I find the white grease also useful on the intake side of the intake manifold gaskets during a dyno session.  Makes it easy to change intakes without changing the gaskets out near as often.  Works good on oil pan gaskets also.  Glad you agree on the white grease as I’ve been using it for over forty years where applicable.

 

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

Using white grease is an old trick I learned building British engines, being notoriously bad leakers, I've had very good luck with this stuff.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Another option is to use K&W Coppercoat sealer on the block and pan sides of the gaskets and white grease on the timing cover side of the gaskets.  This allows easier access back in while not destroying the gaskets.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)

OK I will go with copper RTV this next time.  Thanks Paul and Rick.  Rick, I wish the wrongly done timing set could be blamed on another person, but I did it, last year.  I remember I was having some difficulty understanding the instructions provided with the roller set.  This time JM's instructions and diagram were used and it was very simple.  But I am going to double check things with a degree wheel before the final final assembly.  It seems like I have put this motor together twice, maybe more.

Mike

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

Ive used the copper hi temp RTV on intakes, pan, valve covers and front covers and never had a hard time getting them off. Clean up was pretty easy also. My guess you were using an adhesive rather than just plain RTV. They can be mixed up if you don't look at the tube closely enough.

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