Thoughts on gasket sealers

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>Subject: The Silicone Kid
>
>I have always tried to use as little silicone as possible.  I put
>aviation form-a-gasket to make the gaskets stick in place and generally
>thats all except for valley pan covers 

Two thoughts, Rik
One, being a guy, you probably have little interest in personal silicone 
implants, anyway. (g)
Two, I kind of grew up on Aviation Perma-tex, and it always worked well 
for me except when it came to getting stuff back apart, and then cleaning 
up the parts. Uhgggggggggggggggg.

It's not the same issue, but I also really like, and have used, the 
copper gasket sealer that Joel likes, for longer than my Scout has been 
alive. Always worked really well on head gaskets. Putting the two 
thoughts together, occasionally I used to find leaky head gaskets that 
just replacing the head gasket wouldn't stop the leak, and I used to put 
those back together with Aviation Perma-tex. Much cheaper than a head 
resurfacing. I had a friend with a 55 IHC pickup that I did that to about 
25 years ago, and it has never leaked since. If he asks me to rebuild it, 
though, I'm going to send him elsewhere, 'cause I don't want to deal with 
getting that damn head off.
Regards,
John H.