[Roadsters] Differential gasket or RTV?

[J KRAKAUER]

Tom,

Not sure about RTV, but way back, at the recommendation of the folks at 
Sharp I used a loctite gasket replacement compound on the diff.. I'm sure 
its been reformulated many times but in the late 60s it was orange and not 
very viscous, much thinner than RTV. Worked great, changed the differential 
many times and never had a leak.  BTW they also used the same stuff on both 
sides of the head gasket.  Do some research on loctite and you can probably 
find something similar.


Jerry Krakauer

SRL311 00099


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom PRATHER" <tomet9 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.ne roadster list" 
<datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:52 AM
Subject: [Roadsters] Differential gasket or RTV?


> Hi roadster fans, Is it a must to use the gasket or can one get by with 
> the blue RTV so commonly used toady? I'm referring to the round pumpkin 
> gasket that goes between the gears and housing. Thanks, I'm upgrading the 
> 2000 with 39.0 gear set.