<VV> Sealing the flexplate bolts

[Rick Norris]

Its pretty good on toast....
The Lone Haranguer


>I am a big proponent of Mercury/Mercruiser ,"Sealer 1000". I have never 
>used it on a Corvair , but , I have used it on so many other things , that 
>I am sure it would work well..................
> Might be worth serious consideration , ..... Bob
>
> I might caution against this stuff, because it's full of Teflon. As such, 
> it will actually reduce any thread locking ability. I've had experiences 
> with other mechanical assemblies where the threads of a power transmitting 
> assembly were sealed with a Teflon sealant, and we couldn't get the bolts 
> to stay tight! If it were me, coating the mating faces of the flex plate 
> and the undersides of the bolt heads with gasket sealer would do an 
> admirable job. That's what we did! Leave the threads alone, as any sealant 
> I can think of will cause torquing inaccuracies, etc.
> John Roberts