It's been even longer for me since I've been all the way into an engine,
but in my younger years we used a gasket sealant that cam in a can and was
applied with a swab applicator attached to the lid. Stuff worked great. I
don't think I'd choose to put the blue stuff everywhere without being sure
I'd covered all the bases sealant-wise.
Good luck!
Tom Zuchowski
'61 Bugeye
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> From: J. Adrian Barnes <adrian@icx.net>
> To: spridgets <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
> Subject: Gasket Techniques
> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 8:19 AM
>
> I am sitting here browsing through my sanitary copy of the
> Haynes manual (I have two manuals for some reason), and
> realized I am having a hard time finding my place because I
> don't recognize any of the pages without all the familiar
> greasy fingerprints. I can actually READ this one! :-)
>
> Anyway, I am ready to start putting the engine back
> together, and am all the way to the first gasket. It's been
> 6 years since my first (and only) rebuild and need a
> refresher course on the proper way to use gasket sealant. I
> have heard everything from "don't use any" to "use it
> liberally." Does anybody have any rules of thumb for me? I
> got that Permatex stuff in the blue tube. And it also
> appears that you only do one side of the joint with
> sealant...does it matter which? Thanks!
>
> adrian
>
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