How to Apply Silicon on the Differential Opening

Video Transcript

"DOUG JENKINS: Hi. I'm Doug. I work with 20 great guys in St. Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. So Mark is putting RTV silicone in there. In comes in a bunch of colors. Pay a lot for the silicone you buy. There is different qualities. Get the most expensive you can. The red stuff is usually considered a high temp stuff. That's pretty expensive too, but that's not necessary in this application and Mark's putting it on there real thin. It's probably a 1/8 to 3/16 thick. He is passing along inside edge of each bolt as he goes around 'cause that's where the oil is, it's on the inside edge there and the RTV silicone is normal for lots of new cars. Mark, did this one have a paper gasket when you pulled it apart? MARK: It sure did. DOUG JENKINS: Yeah, so a lot of old cars have paper gaskets in them. We don't much bother with the paper gaskets anymore. The RTV just works so well."