Living in the past?

[Dan48382]

I think that maybe time has passed me by. I’ve been a backyard mechanic since you set the dwell through the window on the distributor cap (GM Vehicles).

I’ve stuck with the simple repairs, being a backyard mechanic. I’ve replaced a head gasket, helped switch out an engine on my 1984 S-10 and YES you do have to separate the body from the frame to get to the top bolts on the bell housing.

From the early years, I’ve had a bench grinder with a wire wheel that I use to clean ALL of the bolts that I’ve removed. When I put things back together I put on some anti-seize and that’s that.

Thanks to the GREAT INFO IN THIS FORUM this last weekend I was working on my ‘95 SC-2 (turned 190,000 miles this last week) a neighbor stopped by to take a look. When I got to the point of cleaning the bolts, I was told that the bolts that the manufactures have used for some time are coated and that I’m causing more problems that I’m preventing.

Is this right??? Do I need to step into the 2000’s?