Thanks Alistair & Neil,

I figured it was primarily a water seal, but their may have been an anti-corrosive role as well.

I have lots of silicone caulk around … we just finished siding a building … but I think I have some silicone gasket paste which I can use.

> On 23-Jul-2016, at 15:17, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> On my syncro it seemed like silicone caulk. Say that one out loud why don't you ?
> 
> :-)
> 
> It's just to seal against water.
> 
> Alistair
> 
>> On Jul 23, 2016, at 10:39 AM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote:
>> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> I just finished cleaning the mating surfaces on the stater and housing.  The Bentley calls for an application of AMV 188 000 02 sealer to mating surfaces before installing the starter.
>> 
>> I cannot find it, so what is this sealer?  Is it a silicone grease, Moly-disulphide, etc? 
>> 
>> Roy