2007 at the Hammond Barn

[Bob Carriere]

My old dad use to have a small half pint container of some kind of GooH...... smelled like shellac but had a cooper dust mixed.....he said it was used on "hand lapped surfaces" for aircraft engines when no gasket was used..... i used what was left of the can on the halves of VW engines and they never leaked....... I suppose read lead.... and I mean the real kind when quart weighed about ten pounds who probably serve the same purpose.

According to my bearing guy... he told me that unless the shims were heavily creased or krinkled the bolts should exert sufficient pressure on the shims that they should not leak out. I will bow to his experience... after all he is as old as me and more expereinced in the trade...... he cautioned against using any heavy sealant like silicone... less we wish to run on loose bearings. He admitted being partialled to a light coat of diluted shellac between shims but when reminded how hot the T-case could run and the use of synthetic lubricant....... he wished me good luck....... bottom line youhave to respect 1940 technology and be prepared to top off fluids as required.... after all they recommended full lub and oil changes at 1000 miles......

Live with it.... so they leak little...... they still run and I doubt my 2oo5 Furd will be running in 65 years....

BooBee