Date:         Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:58:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine Assembly Wizzdom
Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

I suspect that Joann's would be a good place to
start.  Ohterwise, you can make your own (Bob would...):

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/category/how-to/page/8/

Bob Hoover, rest his soul, wrote of this years ago. 
If you have The Sermons, look up "The Silk Thread Trick."

Here's Bob's comment on a homebuilt forum: 
http://www.aviationkb.com/Uwe/Forum.aspx/homebuilt/3772/Engine-case-sealer
About 3/4s of the way down.

Short version: 

#3 Permatex ("Aviation")
Just color the mating surface with it.
Let sit for 5 minutes
place 00 silk thread in the Permatex 
Double strand. One inside the bolt holes, one outside.
Do not cross the strands.
Bolt case together.
Trim any extruded material.
Let sit 24 hours before adding fluids.

The thread crushes and becomes a gasket. (That's why
SILK. Synthetics don't crush.)

Jim

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!

Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com

The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.