Using anti-seize on those threads will let you sleep well at night. That impellor is heartening too.
Ron,
Recently one of our Vic members drove up the Newell Highway, (also with MANY potholes) and lost a screen . He had premium cover with RACV, but was advised that a broken windscreen is NOT a 'breakdown', its an insurance issue, call somebody else. I think he was 2 hours south of the nearest Windscreen replacement operation, in Warwick. He was told to call back in 2 weeks, flat out mate!
I use plastic dome covers on my lights, which are sealed beams. they have quite a gap to the glass and absorb the impact of quite large rocks. I've stuck to toughened glass windscreens as they can absorb big stones hitting them due to the rubber mounting which causes the laminated ones to crack.
That would be a tad disconcertingThe gearsticks used to break off in your hand too.
Yes Ron it goes against the grain. I used to live on top of the Liverpool range and the road up was unsealed and not dissimilar to the Razorback rd at sofala. with log trucks comeing the other way....I drove a 2000TC with a laminated screen for awhile there and found the rocks kept chipping it and by the time I got to the top (or bottom) the twisting had split it. the V8 with the toughened screen has a couple of tiny chips but hasn't broken. I put it down to the thick rubber mounting allowing the screen to move when something hits it. Bloody messy when they do break though...
Toughened screens are also 'handed'. The area in front of the driver is designed to shatter into larger pieces so you can see through it (in theory).
That would be a tad disconcerting
Ron
That would be a tad disconcerting
Ron