[Shotimes] Oil in the plug tubes, etc.

[Mark D. Mallory]

I guess that's one take on it!!

Mark Mallory
Toledo, Ohio
'95 SHO MTX



----- Original Message -----
From: "van Oss" <vanOss@centurytel.net>
To: "Paul Nimz" <pnimz@V8SHO.com>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Oil in the plug tubes, etc.


> Sure, Paul, but that involves chemistry that you have more observed than
> explained.  Icky stuff.  Bad smells.  Late nights in a laboratory that,
> shall we say, lacks the feminine touch.  :-)   It's more like voodoo that
> auto repair.
>
> For those who haven't followed this long thread, Paul has devised
> (concocted?) a method which he claims revitalises old rubber seals.  It
> seems to involve petri dishes, primordial soup, nitrogen gas, and flashes
of
> high-voltage electricity.  Suddenly, all color is gone from the the room,
> and everyone looks like Lon Cheney.  Supposedly this is "science" but it
> sure gets the villagers upset.
>
> Joseph "hey, Halloween is coming" van Oss
>
> p.s.  Paul is my buddy and I am kidding him.  I get so few chances.  Ya ha
> ha ha ha.......
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> Or you could be real cheap and re-soften the seals like I do.
> Paul Nimz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> All you need are the plug well seals.  For a first timer it is about a 3
> hour job.  You can just reuse the old plug well seals, and use black RTV
to
> seal the wells.  Some have done this with great success, but my experience
> has only been somewhat successful, with it only lasting a few months
before
> oil found it's way back into the plug wells.
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