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Topic: Automatic Transmission Gasket with sealant?
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estevaf
Journeyman Posts: 3
From: S�� Paulo - SP - BRAZIL
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 08-26-2001 03:46 PM
   
Hi there,
I will have to change the C4 Automatic Transmission Gasket ����4 Ghia).Should I use a sealeant?
Tks.
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mustangj
Gearhead Posts: 187
From: fergus,ontario,canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 08-26-2001 10:00 PM
Buy a gasket with a filter, use a very small amount of RTV sealent on both sides of the gasket. After your done check the bolts a coulple of days latter. (the gaskets tend to shrink and you may need to re-tighten them)------------------
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 16287
From: Saco, Maine MCA # 47773
Registered: May 99
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posted 09-11-2001 08:18 PM
NEVER use sealant on a trans pan gasket! It will get into the control valves and cause all sorts of grief.------------------
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Mark
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posted 09-12-2001 01:38 AM
Steves right. Personally, I feel there are very few places to use any type of sealent.
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mustangj
Gearhead Posts: 187
From: fergus,ontario,canada
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 09-12-2001 08:58 PM
Sealent is like sex, too much and you could break something, not enough you could leak!------------------
1978 Muscletang II t-top mach 1
1991 Lincoln mark 7
1997 Escort wagon type R
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macx
Journeyman Posts: 14
From: Hermiston, OR, US
Registered: Jun 2001
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posted 09-17-2001 01:27 AM
By all means, no sealant! To prevent leaks, clean the pan rails well. Use carb spray to clean the bolt holes and the bolts. Blow dry if you have compressed air, or let evaporate dry. Use loctite and torque to factory specs. Allow to set overnite before starting if you can (to let loctite set up). Clean dry threads (bolts & holes) plus loctite and they never vibrate loose. Use thread at each corner of the pan to hold the gasket in place to get things started.
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Mark
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posted 09-17-2001 10:04 AM
No Loc-Tite.Use the right hardware and torque properly and the pan bolts won't come lose. Least I've never seen sheet metal bolted to an engine or transmission come lose if they were properly installed. Then again, if your running some type of monster engine that shakes the bolts from the rear bumper things could be different. Problem with thread locking compounds is if you ever have to turn a bolt later you never know how much of the twist is going to overcome friction and how much is going to overcoming the compound.
Loc-Tite red, blue, whatever, I wouldn't use it.
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The Cobraman
Gearhead Posts: 133
From: Edmond, OK USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 09-17-2001 11:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Mark:
Loc-Tite red, blue, whatever, I wouldn't use it.
Actually, in a blind hole it should be green (anaerobic).
I'm with Mark, no loctite.
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