"Brian D. Cain" wrote:

Hey Paul et al, I realize this is a bit off topic, but do you guys

have any

recommendations on some good engine assembly lube that won't run all
over the place like motor oil?

Thanks,

B

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Most any auto parts stores should carry engine assembly lube.
I get it from advance, in a tube, kinda like a grease.
We use it to assemble engines that will be stored for a while before

they are

started up. It stays in place.
Royce

"Brian D. Cain" wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions, guys.  I've been using Vaseline primarily (you
know,
the baby fresh scented kind) and then a little straight 30W motor oil on the
bearings/
bearing journals and gears.  The problem I've consistently run into, up
until about 2
or 3 motors, is using a whole lot of straight motor oil on the crank
dripping unto
the front cover and oil pan gasket surfaces before they skin up.  I've been
looking
around for something that's more tacky, perhaps like honey or even more
viscous,
that wouldn't drip or run out of metal-to-metal contact surfaces and land on
then
newly-skinned up silicone-gasketting surface (such as the front cover and
oil pan).
I've since changed my methodology around this but it's still quite annoying
to deal
with.  The more engines I do, the less I want them to leak when they show up
at
the customer's place, you know.  :)

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