Re: salt water motors

[Don]

Frank is so right about the SS fasteners, a mixed blessing at best in some areas. The aluminum and SS together promote salt build up faster than plain steel fasteners, especially in areas like cylinder heads or gearcases. The shoulders on many of the SS fasteners in these areas helped reduce the salt build up though. I just wish the manufacturers would treat the bolts with gasket sealer before installing them, but this suggestion always got cut down due to cost and making it tougher to paint afterwards.