[Roadsters] Differential gasket or RTV?---- UPDATE

[J KRAKAUER]

Good new: I actually found a 40 year old tube of the stuff in my garage.
Bad news: it's all dried up.
Worse news: the writing on the tube is all worn off!

Jerry Krakauer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J KRAKAUER" <jsk977 at optonline.net>
To: "Tom PRATHER" <tomet9 at sbcglobal.net>; "datsun-roadsters at autox.team.ne 
roadster list" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Differential gasket or RTV?


> 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.