Thermostat gasket leaking AGAIN!!!!

It will probably never leak using that stuff but how do you get it apart later??

A buddy and I got talked into using that stuff in 1980 on the first engine I built.

We had to take the right angle adapter off and it was a nightmare. No one I know used it after that.

Thinking about it, I’m not sure why we even wanted that off the engine. There probably wasn’t a good reason back then but when you are that young you do things for bad or no reasons.

I just remember guys were not happy about that stuff.
Glue the gasket to the t stat housing. You can pull the housing off the hose easily and get rid of the gasket with a wire brush on a bench grinder. The housing can also be resurfaced easily if needed. The intake surface not so much.