You should have this in your toolbox

kevinthefixer · Jul 29, 2017

if you ever change spark plugs. Just a little smear inside the boot, and not only is it a little more waterproof but the boot comes right off next time. Also works great on weatherpack (sp?) connectors, lubes and waterproofs the rubber seals.

shaun wallace · Jul 29, 2017

Been usuing for years on multipin connectors and spark plugs. Boots come off eaiser after 100,000 miles.

circus · Jul 30, 2017

Though an off label application, a little dab between electronic components and housings helps dissipate heat.

showcrop · Jul 30, 2017

And it never takes much. The same tube has been in there for probably thirty years in the electrical drawer, LOL.

kevinthefixer · Jul 30, 2017

I don't think I'd use it for heatsink compound, there are better products for that. And no, that tube is at least a lifetime supply for me, I'm approaching retirement. The last one wasn't as large and lasted 20 years or so. So a little dab'll do ya.

rick n ohio · Jul 30, 2017

Let's do some past memory check.anyone
remember the commercial on tv sometime may
be in the mid sixty that used the phrase a
little dab will do you I remember it well
and the product they were selling anyone
else remember.
RICK

Duner Wi · Jul 30, 2017

Brylcreem

kevinthefixer · Jul 30, 2017

Too many of us remember that. Horrid stuff, why would anyone intentionally put grease in their hair? Happens too often accidentally.

Dean · Jul 30, 2017

A little dab'l do ya....

When I was in the seventh grade I went through a phase when I tried to be a hood, unsuccessfully, I might add.

I would have died for a set of motorcycle boots, called engineers boots at the time (1961), but my Mother put her foot down.

I did use Brylcream and try to slick my (too short) hair back, unsuccessfully, I might add. I thought that you needed more Brylcream if your comb didn't drip after you ran it through your hair.

Funny, what peer pressure can do to a young adolescent.

Dean

Dean · Jul 30, 2017

Bingo. Not intended for heat sinks, and counterproductive.

Use thermal joint compound.

Dean

Dean · Jul 30, 2017

It was in the vogue at the time.

Dean

rick n ohio · Jul 30, 2017

I knew someone would know what I was talking about
RICK

Gambles · Jul 30, 2017

When I was a kid, my dad always put "Lucky Tiger" in my hair before we went off to church on Sunday. I hated that stuff.
Edit: I just Googled the product and it's still available!

Rich'sToys · Jul 30, 2017

My Dad used Wildroot Cream Oil. For a while we kids used it too.

John B. · Jul 30, 2017

I remember 20yrs ago at a mechanic seminar one course was on the newer electrical systems. We were shown how the dielectric grease actually
causes more resistance in the circuit it's used on. I've never had a reason to use it but that sold me against it.

kevinthefixer · Jul 30, 2017

(quoted from post at 19:01:40 07/30/17) I remember 20yrs ago at a mechanic seminar one course was on the newer electrical systems. We were shown how the dielectric grease actually
causes more resistance in the circuit it's used on. I've never had a reason to use it but that sold me against it.

hat's why it's called dielectric. It doesn't conduct electricity. You put it on the spark plug boot, the part that contacts the ceramic, not where the metal parts that conduct the electricity touch. Don't fill connectors with it, just lube the rubber parts of Weatherpacks with it. I became a fan when I was tuning up a lot of Chevys with the plug wires surrounded by exhaust manifold, the boots would half melt onto the plug and only come off in pieces. Unless someone knew what they were doing and used dielectric grease on them.

GarryinNC · Jul 30, 2017

So, in following this thread, is Brylcream a better dielectric compound or heat sink compound?

Dean · Jul 30, 2017

I think it's just grease, Garry.

Dean

D beatty · Jul 30, 2017

Been using it for years on plug and dist. boots.

Dave8N in Pa · Jul 31, 2017

Brillcreame

Ron in Nebr · Aug 2, 2017

I'm a little younger, but when the movie "Grease" came out in the late 70's, I was around 7th or 8th grade, really into 50's music, and also wanted that "hoodlum" look. I read in People Magazine or somewhere that during filming of Grease, they used I don't remember how many cases of Brylcream. So, naturally, I bought some the next time I went to town, and used it for quite awhile after that. The funny part of the story was, when I went to get a haircut, mom told the barber that my hair had seemed awful oily lately...they suggested all kinds of "fixes"- shampoos for oily hair, making sure to rinse the shampoo out completely, etc. I never did tell mom or the barber what was going on, and to this day, when the subject comes up, mom insists I have naturally oily hair...

Stephen Newell · Aug 2, 2017

I think you can still buy it. My dad used it until he died in 1991. Never a hair out of place and it didn't look greasy either.

torval · Aug 5, 2017

Yes you can still buy it. Also remember Butch Wax?

Hobo,NC · Aug 5, 2017

Good stuff slickest thang know to man. Its not a heat sink compound. In this link AZCamino tells it like it is... I use Artic Silver when a heat sink past is needed. Artic Silver AS5-12G Silver Thermal Compound

http://www.chevelles.com/forums/45-chevelle-tech/292978-heat-sink-paste.html

Some guys swear by this... AC Delco 10-4071 Dielectric Lubricant and claim it has Stabilant 22 in it...

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=AC+Delco+10-4071

Hobo,NC · Aug 5, 2017

Whuts Stabilant 22

http://www.posthorn.com/Stab_2.html

Its expensive but goes a long ways...

Dusty MI · Aug 5, 2017

I like to use the grease that is used for terminating aluminum conductors.
I've always thought of it as a dielectric grease.

Dusty

kevinthefixer · Aug 6, 2017

could be the exact same thing. I'm not familiar with aluminum conductors, they won't let them use it in houses anymore.

showcrop · Aug 6, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:37:28 08/06/17) could be the exact same thing. I'm not familiar with aluminum conductors, they won't let them use it in houses anymore.

Noalox is different from dielectric grease.

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