assembling lower cases (hondabond location pic)

48lesco · Post by **48lesco** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:03 am

Yes that's true, but you need a continuous bead where oil can leak to the outside. Good to remember that we're not sealing 1/8" gaps here either. If the surfaces are free of any protruding nicks, etc, they fit together very closely. The broken english shop manual I have shows "painting" only the lower case half. I've painted only the upper half with good results. Personal preference I guess, but the grooves are in the upper half and you can tell where you're putting the sealer with respect to those passages.
Time to go for it B!
-48

cknight · Post by **cknight** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 10:55 am

Being stubborn, I still use Permatex #2 Form-A-Gasket, just like in the 60's, for joining the upper and lower cases. Painting the top half will keep you away from the oil passages, and with an even thin coat, no worries about clogging anything. Regards, Chase

big-b · Post by **big-b** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 9:48 am

Done, used Hondabond HT

Brian

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 10:05 am

I used YAMABOND 4 on the 4 engines I did the last 5 weeks. .............lm

cknight wrote:Being stubborn, I still use Permatex #2 Form-A-Gasket, just like in the 60's, for joining the upper and lower cases. Painting the top half will keep you away from the oil passages, and with an even thin coat, no worries about clogging anything. Regards, Chase

48lesco · Post by **48lesco** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 11:32 am

Way to go! Looks like a good job.

LOUD MOUSE · Post by **LOUD MOUSE** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 12:09 pm

Did he get close to any?. ...lm

big-b wrote:Don't you want to be sure to stay away from the oil passage locations? I wouldn't want any squeeze out of the hondabond to get in there.

Brian