[Rich in Vancouver]

That Snap-on wrench sounds like an impressive tool.
I recently rebuilt the PG1 gearbox on my MGF and had a tough time torquing the main shaft securing nut. With the shaft clamped vertically in the vise it was all I could do to torque it up to 80ftlbs while trying not to pull the free-standing bench over. I couldn't get the torque wrench to click for the life of me. As I was going to the machine shop anyway I asked them to double check the torque, which was apparently correct. Seems that with the nut at about eye level I had the wrench at a bit of an angle and the "clicker" wouldn't click.

Here's a question for the experts...How would the application of Loctite to a thread affect the torque value? would it make about the same variance as copa-slip?