water pipe woes; NOW clamps

[rocco_phil at yahoo.com (Phil Boeye)]

--- Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Slightly OT and in the "neurotic" category:  I have
> a good stock of GEM,
> Zebra and Norma hose clamps here, which are the
> thinner OE clamps with the
> rolled edges.  I like these so much more that the
> standard US ones.  :-)

A pic maybe?  I always love hardware.

Kinda on-topic here, but last weekend I had to do a
coolant system flush on my new 2L Pewter, so I was up
close and intimate with all the clamps.  I got pissed
at having to actuate those rusty screws on them, so I
took them off and 'serviced' them.  Scrubbed them w/
WD40 and a small wire brush, cleaned them off and then
layed in some anti-seize under the screw and threads. 
Sure, I could have used new ones but they'd rust, too.
 My big thing is to keep fasteners and other such
items as clamps as operable and rust-free as possible
so that working on my roccos is a joy and not annoying
(or less annoying).

OK, it could have been overkill, I concede.

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