New Sealer found at NAPA for Gear Oil

So on my near daily visit to the local NAPA looking for a sealer to assemble the Transfer Case and tranny to each other as well as the OD and Shifter top. I came acorss a Permatex product I have never seen before a Gray Silicone that is packaged as being specifically for Gear Oil. It was of course more expensive then the other stuff but I figured I would give it a try.

Here is a link to it on Amazon.

Reviews on AMAZON seam to be pretty good.

Hmmm way cheaper on AMAZON LOL

OH I got a story for to much sealer and the WRONG sealer.

As a 20 year old guy I drove a 52 Chevy 3100 Custom Cab. You know good old fashion farm pickup (LOL not any more!) Anyway fuel tank in the back of the cab. Drain valve on the bottom.

Heading to pickup my Girl friend one night after earlier in the day having put in a new sending unit for the fuel tank about a mile from her house the engine starved of fuel and quit. Well I knew the truck inside and out so I quickly determined there was a fuel blockage at the bottom of the tank. I then proceeded to dig F'ing Orange Silicone sealer out of that drain valve while fuel ran down my hand and arm (you might have noticed I have a shut off valve at the bottom of CHUGS tank because of this indecent) Needless to say by the time I got it cleared and to my Girlfriends house I was over an hour late and smelling like I had taken a bath in gasoline.

Her mom was a nurse took one look at the chemical burn on my right arm and dragged me off to the bath room where she washed my arm with some fancy soap and then wrapped it in a light gauge cause she said in a little bit it was really going to hurt. It was bright RED like a super bad sunburn.

SO much for the date. Once they got the smell off me we ended up watching TV eating left overs.

Not something I'm likely to forget.

Now leaks from other places - well that's another topic entirely. I have one engine oil leak. I'm pretty sure it's a pinhole leak coming from one of the oil pan skip plate welds. It's minor but annoying. The other is gear lube from the T-90. Pretty sure it's come from a bad input shaft seal, as it leaks from the bellhousing.

Nofender is absolutely correct with his reply about patience. The instructions on many Permatex products tell you to just snug the bolts then wait, up to 24 hours, to put the final torque on them. I've had my best success with this method. Yet, the shops will put stuff together and fill it fluid and send it out the door. Sometimes it seals properly, sometimes not. I dunno. I'll keep doing it my way I guess, for my own peace of mind if nothing else.