Dyehard
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- Feb 17, 2010
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I am finishing up my 76' C4 rebuild and have discovered a potential issue. When I was disassembling the transmission I noticed that a bolt was missing from the adapter housing connecting it to the transmission. When I started to put the adapter housing back on I saw why. The first 1/4" of threads is basically gone and looked like the person that last rebuilt the transmission put some type of compound in there to get the bolt to hold. I used a tap and rethreaded the hole but I worry that there is very little thread depth and I'm afraid that when I torque the bolt that it might break what little thread there is. So, my question is, should I put some RTV on the mating surfaces along with the gasket to prevent leaks in case the threads break? The following pictures show which hole and a close up of the hole.