jaguarxke311, Jim McConnell is now a member of both GMCnet
platforms.
Jim wrote and Matt replied to:
Among other things I'm very confused about proper adhesives, lubricants,
and sealants to use.
There are TONS of good suggestions on this forum, and other places.
The problem is researching any one takes very time consuming hunt and seek,
and may result in stopping on less than the best, or complete, suggestion.
Could someone other than me with a very low baseline of knowledge reduce
some of the subjects in a concise list of recommendations?
A database could include things such as "By" (who), application (which
damned plastic), reason, pros, cons, etc.
While a cumbersome task, like the parts interchange once done it can only
be improved upon.
Also as things change, new products become available and new suggestions
arise.
To lessen the burden on any one person, several could volunteer for
individual applications and situations.
Normally instead of a formal DB structure, an excel spreadsheet suffices.
If successful, the concept could be expanded into alternative parts,
products, upgrades, projects, etc.
If this information already exists somewhere in concise form, I apologize
for bothering anyone reading.
BYW, I NEVER work on my 10 year endless money pit project without Coreseal
(in a tupperware sealable bowl) and acetone/tranny fluid (in a small sealed
mason jar) handy, along with a separate small detail brush and small paint
brush attached to the containers.
Any rubber, including new, gets treated with a preservative. Always have a
totally polluted rag handy for 40 years of grease somewhere.
Any rusted bolt gets replaced with SS.
My goal is to maintain as though it will last another 40 years, and once
burnt, twice shy.
I always keep an aggressive cleaner, a mild cleaner, rubber preservative,
and scotch pad handy all with separate rags to avoid cross contamination.
There's three colors I hate to see, rust orange, plastic mustard yellow,
and the original circus green.
I also have my own GMC spreadsheet where I keep track of part #'s and
suggested brand product names(not all are in parts database), my to do list
broken down by must, should, would like to, and pipe dream, and links to
complicated help procedure sites. (among other tidbits and notes)
Overkill perhaps, but then that's my painful nature.
Thanks to all for the limitless help you have given to others, most
especially myself over the years.
Jim
77 403 Palm Beach
Decatur, Indiana
On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 1:56 PM Matt Colie via Gmclist
wrote:
> Jim,
>
> I do like the idea, but I have the recurring problem with things done on
> MS packages. The effort MS puts into making their file incompatible is
> legendary.
>
> While I also like and use spreadsheets, I now have to avoid Excel because
> I can't afford the 300+$us/year for a Macrosquash Oriface license. So, if
> you put something in a Excel sheet, please also publish it as CSV or
> something else that does not cost a fortune to decode. If I have to send
> something in an MS file type, I also send along another file that can be
> read by anything.
>
> Matt
>
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