RE: Wanted: brake fluid safe sealant

["McEwen, Art" <Art.McEwen@moh.gov.on.ca>]

>> I can probably make a new gasket out of blank rubber but I'll probably 
>> get a better seal with some sort of gasket-in-a-tube,  I'm running 
>> DOT5 silicone fluid so would a silicone based compound be safe?

>Personally, I wouldn't do it, Art.  Silicone "form a gasket" is famous for
>forming strings inside things (where it's squeezed out of the joint

Thanks Randall, I'll replace the existing rubber gasket.

Any thoughts on a few drops of lock-tite on the thread for the fitting that
goes thru the reservoir can?

Art.