Date:         Wed, 15 May 2002 10:26:19 -0500
Reply-To:     "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Terry K." <CTONLINE@WEBTV.NET>
Subject:      Re: Subject: Re: Want to paint camper roof
Comments: To: Mike Boland <Mboland@BBNOW.NET>
In-Reply-To:  Mike Boland <Mboland@BBNOW.NET>'s message of Wed, 15 May 2002
              01:23:17 -0500
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Mike and other's---

I totally forgot a good example of why this wouldn't happen to several
measly hold down cleats up on a luggage rack way up on top of a
Westy----

Next time any of you go for a blast in you Vanagon----and get blown away
by a large car--Peterbuilt, Mack, or KW-----
Check out his front wheels----fuel tanks---battery boxes---

Guess what they are made out of?

Alcoa Aluminum---

And how are them wheels held on?

Mild steel lugs---bolted to cast steel hubs---

How bout them dual 150 gal fuel tanks?

Stainless straps, bolted to a steel, sometimes alunimum frame, with zinc
plated mild steel nuts, and washers--

And how about them aluminum frames?

Every component on that semi is held to that frame with mid steel nuts,
bolts and washers---from the suspension to the cab---

And you guys worry about 12 aluminum rivets, 7 feet off the ground, out
of the salt wash in the winter---very trivial stuff---

Stanless steel, and a couple of aluminum rivets, that high up won't make
a tinkers damn in you lifetime---believe me---

Now lets have some good trivial issues here----some real meaty
stuff----so I can blow some more dumb concepts out the window---

Later,

Terry



E-mail message  From Mike Boland

electrolysis is due to two different types metals...one acts as - other
as + in time they'll corriod..
Mike

At 12:36 AM 5/15/2002 -0500, Terry K. wrote:

But as we are not in a marine environment--the aluminum will work just
ducky Alistair-----
I have never seen stainless pop type rivets----
I doubt electrolysis will kick in on the fiberglass luggage rack of a
Westy---:>)
Later,
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