I'd say that without Loctite, he'd stand an even greater chance of having the sleeve 'pick up' as he pounded it in. Might as well have just used some motor oil as most if not all of the Loctite never even made it to the bottom (left on the surface). Loctite isn't cheap by the way...but strangely I love the smell of it.
Watching the video he said the bores were left .0005 to .001 small which isn't much of a press fit. My personal rule of thumb when using heat is .002" interference per inch of diameter and .001" interference when using liquid nitrogen to shrink. So even if he had done a safe .0035" interference and nitrogen/dry ice he could have avoided the abuse he put those sleeves through. I would never pound on cast iron or steel at those wall thicknesses. Made for an interesting video. Love my Buick's and never had the opportunity to own a straight 8. Maybe some day.
