Three strikes and i'm out! Spent the morning looking for break-in oil, Loctite 574, and ring installer pliers locally. Might as well have been looking on Mars! Monday morning and the boys down at NAPA weren't terribly helpful.
No one's heard of break-in oil. NAPA pointed me towards assembly oil. The closet i came was at CarQuest where they have Lucas break-in oil ADDITIVE (rich in zinc, etc).
I find break-in oil online for around $26 a quart and up. Do i really have to pour a hundred dollars worth of oil (plus shipping and tax) in the engine for the first couple hundred miles? Or is all this stuff used as an additive with ordinary oil? What about 30W non-detergent oil and Lucas additive - any joy there?
Found some ring pliers online and they'll be here in a couple of days. Fifty-fifty chance i'll just go ahead anyway and wish-bone them on like i always have. Never broke one yet! (snap!)
Loctite 574 is available online, but with delivery between 31 May and 21 June. Yeah, sure, i'm going to wait that long! (s)
I picked up a tube of Permatex anarobic flange sealant in a blue tube - no idea if this is suitable. Hylomar's probably not ideal for the base gasket, but i've used it before and may just go with it.
On the bright side I scored a 5-gal pail of Rotella 15w-40 for $99 on sale at Canadian Tire.
No one's heard of break-in oil. NAPA pointed me towards assembly oil. The closet i came was at CarQuest where they have Lucas break-in oil ADDITIVE (rich in zinc, etc).
I find break-in oil online for around $26 a quart and up. Do i really have to pour a hundred dollars worth of oil (plus shipping and tax) in the engine for the first couple hundred miles? Or is all this stuff used as an additive with ordinary oil? What about 30W non-detergent oil and Lucas additive - any joy there?
Found some ring pliers online and they'll be here in a couple of days. Fifty-fifty chance i'll just go ahead anyway and wish-bone them on like i always have. Never broke one yet! (snap!)
Loctite 574 is available online, but with delivery between 31 May and 21 June. Yeah, sure, i'm going to wait that long! (s)
I picked up a tube of Permatex anarobic flange sealant in a blue tube - no idea if this is suitable. Hylomar's probably not ideal for the base gasket, but i've used it before and may just go with it.
On the bright side I scored a 5-gal pail of Rotella 15w-40 for $99 on sale at Canadian Tire.
