so Last Indian... i see you posted a picture of the rusty one and a replacement... what have you done to the replacement to stop it rusting the same as the stock one ??

tell my why this bolt would have grooves in it ??? 

On 2/2/2022 at 11:46 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

so Last Indian... i see you posted a picture of the rusty one and a replacement... what have you done to the replacement to stop it rusting the same as the stock one ??

tell my why this bolt would have grooves in it ??? 

I make up a mixture of pure silicone vacuum grease and anti-seize and coat both the bolt shaft and bushing. Than I paint the outside of the bolt head and nut.

Well moving along other Lacrosse! Lots to clean up, lots to paint, lots to paint.

below, engine not painted yet.

below, passenger side front not painted

striped to the bone.

Edited March 16, 20224 yr by Last Indian

On 2/2/2022 at 11:46 PM, 64 kiwi boni said:

so Last Indian... i see you posted a picture of the rusty one and a replacement... what have you done to the replacement to stop it rusting the same as the stock one ??

tell my why this bolt would have grooves in it ??? 

KIWI>>>>Expected everyone to say it'sa thread tap. I know you have a set of them.  Had to go buy a 1/2in tap I didn't have in my collection to finish a project showerhead Mamma wanted.  Of course the old one broke off in the 90* connection.  Had to remove the last bit of ol chrome pipe from the threads before installing the new.

Edited March 17, 20224 yr by JUSTA6

Entering into the home stretch, another couple of weeks, I hope!

Looking good!

looking far too clean to drive Last Indian! 👍

4 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

looking far too clean to drive Last Indian! 👍

I’ll tell ya Kiwi, what a job , not that I haven’t done it before! But man pulling all the crap out, cleaning everything up! Paint, panting & oh did I mention painting. Then carefully installing it all in. Laying on my back to torque bolts to 133 ft pounds that you can barely get to! Wow.

4 hours ago, Last Indian said:

I’ll tell ya Kiwi, what a job , not that I haven’t done it before! But man pulling all the crap out, cleaning everything up! Paint, panting & oh did I mention painting. Then carefully installing it all in. Laying on my back to torque bolts to 133 ft pounds that you can barely get to! Wow.

It Shows in the detail i can see  well done,and a bloody hard job to do in your garage without making a mess everywhere !!