BEGINNING MID-NOVEMBER, 1980, MOST MODELS OF THE THM 400 TRANSMISSION WERE BUILT WITH LOCTITE 515 ON THE CASE EXTENSION GASKET. FOR SERVICE APPLICATIONS DO NOT USE LOCTITE ON THE CASE EXTENSION GASKET. FOLLOW NORMAL SERVICE PROCEDURE AND REASSEMBLE WITH DRY GASKET.
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