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Can anyone tell me what the chemistry and/or other practical issues are in using Loctite 518 anaerobic sealant in a manual trans rebuild? This is to seal the aluminum case flanges to a central steel mounting plate (machined surfaces). Since whatever (hopefully minimal) amount that squeezes out...

I'm not able to get any of the popular manual transmission assembly lubes around here, Assemblee Goo/Transjel etc. Can I use a common engine assembly lube, or am I better off going with the old standard of Vaseline? Or should I just focus on making sure everything's well soaked with gear oil as...

Anyone have any experience with Carquest (Canadian version) transmission filters? I asked who makes them and was told "probably Baldwin" but I wasn't able to find any info on that or on quality here or anywhere else. Ford quoted me $115 for the filter and gasket whereas the Carquest kit is...

Anyone out there happen to know what the shelf life of Gumout fuel injector cleaner (poorly stored in high temps) is likely to be? I was out of the country for 5 years and left this with a friend expecting he'd use it... he stuck it in his attic, which I expect was well into the 120F range for 5...

Was doing an oil change today (at -20C!) and after having poured most of a brand new, sealed 4.4 liter container of Castrol GTX 5W-30 into my car, I happened to look inside the container and noticed that there was a fair amount of small black particles at the bottom of the white plastic...