What did YOU do today?

[scotts90ranger]

Did a bit of research and apparently stainless is a horrible conductor of electricity... will probably just replace them with standard bolts... last ones have been there since '86 so probably fine . I'm sure the stainless would be good enough but hey, it's super easy now and hard later...

So far tonight I pulled the boat shift lever so I could tap it since someone broke the threads off, I bought a fancy anodized knob. Was a pain in the rear, turns out the shifter rod is 1/2" stainless which did NOT want to be threaded... Then I changed the fuel filter, I think the old one was rusting out... Still so many things to do...

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

Did a bit of research and apparently stainless is a horrible conductor of electricity... will probably just replace them with standard bolts... last ones have been there since '86 so probably fine . I'm sure the stainless would be good enough but hey, it's super easy now and hard later...

So far tonight I pulled the boat shift lever so I could tap it since someone broke the threads off, I bought a fancy anodized knob. Was a pain in the rear, turns out the shifter rod is 1/2" stainless which did NOT want to be threaded... Then I changed the fuel filter, I think the old one was rusting out... Still so many things to do...

Yeah, stainless has some interesting properties. I still use it for ground bolts and stuff on vehicles and boats around here and just slobber some No-Alox around. Corrosion and rust are too big of a deal around here. I’ve watched the heads of zinc coated grade 8 bolts be eaten off by rust in 5-10 years. That’s for mostly half inch thread stuff. Smaller/lesser grades I’ve seen turn into a rust blob in as little as a winter or two. Older steel tends to hold up better than anything you can buy these days.

 

[Curious Hound]

Drove the Snooperduty to western PA. Going to see the "Big Boy" tomorrow. Currently, dinner at a bowling alley in Johnstown.