Memory lane Ignition seal spray

[obi_waynne]

I was rummaging in the garage earlier today and found a can of Ignition sealant spray.

It forms a coating over the HT leads and distributer to keep out the damp air and helps starting.

I'm not sure they even sell this stuff anymore!

Have you found any little gems in your garage/car that you just don't need anymore?

Does anyone still use ignition sealant spray?

 

[T9 man]

Good grief that's going back a few decades I remember buying and using this on my Cortina and Granada

 

[herb]

I found some conductive paint a while back it was all dried up. But I remember using it on my metro so it was 18 years old

 

[T9 man]

^^ I remember that too herb, a friend of mine once repaired his rear heater screen with that.

 

[T9 man]

Do you remember the emergency fanbelts? The blowing exhaust putty and quickfix bandage?

 

[stamford]

Holts Damp Start, I used it all the time when I was racing Mini's!

Got an original bottle of Simoniz Liquid Diamond polish.

 

[old-git]

All these are still available as there are still a lot of cars out there made before 2000

What about dog turds?

Using wife's/gf's tights for a fan belt?

Sawdust and or stockings in the diff prior to selling car?

 

[stamford]

Dog turds! I remember those well! Even used them too.

 

[T9 man]

Using wife's/gf's tights for a fan belt?

Good heavens, I never knew just how ill informed I was until I read this thread

 

[Teenager2413]

LMAO

 

[old-git]

Dog turds! I remember those well! Even used them too.

Struggling to remember who made them. I think the product was called Barsleaks, but the memory is fading

 

[stamford]

Struggling to remember who made them. I think the product was called Barsleaks, but the memory is fading

That sounds about right, was probably in the 80s when I last used them.

 

[old-git]

Or was it Bars seal, with Bars leaks being the liquid version? I remember the box it came in.

 

[T9 man]

Barsleaks being the liquid version?

Yes I remember using this to repair a leaking radiator. You started up the car and waited for the thermostat to get to temperature and open, you could tell it was open because the water started flowing across the top of the radiator. With the radiator cap off you poured the well shaken contents in a small plastic bottle into your radiator. Once mixed with the hot water it would magically seal any leaks.

 

[old-git]

Yeah, but the one Stamford and I are talknig about was a solid, dry bar of brown stuff, hence it's nickname You had to crumple it into the rad by hand.

 

[T9 man]

I think that was this one

http://www.autowares.com/images/product/BARS_LEAKS/bars-g12bp-400.jpg

 

[old-git]

May be, but the packaging has changed.

 

[Yugguy]

I was nattering to my father-in-law yesterday and he was talking about a driving holiday they did back when the missus was a nipper, 2000 miles around Ireland in a Vauxhall Senator.

He was talking about having to stop cos it overheated, and I thought, that just doesn't happen anymore.

 

[TCJBOLDIE]

When I was rallying we used to fit a rubber glove over the distributor and feed the leads thru the fingers to stop water entry.

 

[T9 man]

^^ Very inventive

 

[HDi fun]

Setting points gap with feeler gauges, and later with a dwell meter (such hi techery). Ignition timing with a xenon strobe light

 

[T9 man]

^^ I remember those days well, I even had a gizmo that plugged in between the spark plug and distributor lead to see if anything was coming through.

 

[obi_waynne]

I remember doing this, I tried so hard to wring out another 50bhp from my 1.3 Nova by advancing the ignition timing a little! Talk about unbridled optimism!

 

[HDi fun]

My strobe had a ......... wait for it...... inductive pickup !!

 

[obi_waynne]

Wow - the tech that was available back then was amazing!

 

[obi_waynne]

Spark plug cleaning and gapping tools are not used much now! We just buy new plugs don't we and they all come pregapped!

 

[HDi fun]

Spark plug cleaning and gapping tools are not used much now! We just buy new plugs don't we and they all come pregapped!

And they last about 50,000 miles now.

 

[obi_waynne]

It's all done with fairy magic!