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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-NZ link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>I would suggest cleaning the paint off the gasket-mating surface and simply apply a stock gasket. Nothing fancy. Nothing has leaked on my BN2, and I’ve owned it since 1978. Ditto for the angle-drive. In my many years of experience, I have mainly found that the designers got it right first time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Mark Donaldson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ardmore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><img width=273 height=102 style='width:2.8416in;height:1.0583in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.png@01D6377F.01563710"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 31 May 2020 4:14 p.m.<br><b>To:</b> Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Sealants<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Finally got the Denis Welch tappets today after almost an entire month. Woohoo. Now comes the part where I button up this side of the engine. Where are the most leaks on this side of the engine? What should I use on the gasket for the tappet cover to seal it? How about the angle drive? Seal that or just crank it down OK? Once this engine is together I would like to not have to take it apart again for leaks.<o:p></o:p></p><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1590898312612"><p class=MsoNormal>Mike MacLean<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><img width=4032 height=3024 style='width:42.0in;height:31.5in' id="ymail_attachmentId35444" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6377F.0142D620"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1590898262089"><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="ymail_android_signature"><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature">Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>