BalingWire
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"The savage in man is never quite eradicated." HDT
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I have to make a run into town tomorrow and get a new tube of goop. I punctured the metal seal of an unopened tube, and it was already hardened. Soft in the middle, but can't squeeze any out. How does that happen? I had bought it in the winter of 2012 for the infamous Oldsmobuick 3.8L lower intake manifold gasket swap, so it's only 2 years old. Shoot.
The old steel plug was in the hole, loose as a goose. How can a mechanic not know to put goop in it? There's a groove there, just begging to to filled with something!
I actually like the old metal plug better. It won't get hardened like the new rubber part, which I did order. I suppose I'll put in the new part, but I'm keeping the old.
I think, while I have the cam chain open to view, I'll look at the tensioner on the clutch side, adjust valves, check compression, and change the oil while I'm at it too. At 13,000+ miles, the tensioner should be extended pretty far.
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