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Sun, 14 July 2019 14:37

Jack Ramsey

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Registered: December 2012
Location: Tulare, CA

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I know this seems like a stupid question, but my 75 Palm Beach 455 has very few flat washers or lock washers in the engine bay. (except on the fan shroud) My years with German cars, and climbing radio towers, we had flat and lock washers on EVERYTHING. I went out and bought a bunch of spare washers, just in case, and now upon re-assembly, from the water pump out, I am wondering if this is overkill and even might be sacrificing reliability, by having less thread into the cast iron and other assemblies. Yes this is my first American car real work, and you would think at 66, I would know, but I don't. Porsche 8mm nuts (13 mm socket) had average of 18 ft lbs of torque, I'm really not used to this, it is a whole different world.

Thanks,

Jack

Jack Ramsey Tulare, CA TZE165V101526 1975 Palm Beach

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		no washers or lock washers By: Jack Ramsey on Sun, 14 July 2019 14:37
		Re: no washers or lock washers By: jhbridges on Sun, 14 July 2019 14:39
		Re: no washers or lock washers By: Chris Tyler on Sun, 14 July 2019 15:21
		Re: [GMCnet] no washers or lock washers By: Ken Henderson on Sun, 14 July 2019 15:37
		Re: [GMCnet] no washers or lock washers By: k2gkk on Sun, 14 July 2019 17:12
		Re: no washers or lock washers By: Matt Colie on Sun, 14 July 2019 15:49
		Re: [GMCnet] no washers or lock washers By: James Hupy on Sun, 14 July 2019 16:14
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		Re: [GMCnet] no washers or lock washers By: C Boyd on Sun, 14 July 2019 19:25
		Re: [GMCnet] no washers or lock washers By: Jack Ramsey on Sun, 14 July 2019 17:23
		Re: no washers or lock washers By: Jack Ramsey on Sun, 14 July 2019 16:28
		Re: no washers or lock washers By: Jack Ramsey on Sun, 14 July 2019 17:01
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