Re: Leaking Caps

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Original poster: "Ryan Meldahl by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <rm5735-at-devrycols.edu>

Soldering the leak closed is probably the best way to go, only if it is a
metal-to-metal joint. You must have a clean, dry, bare metal surface to
solder to. Can you tilt the cap so the oil will flow away from the leak?
Then wipe it dry, clean the metal with steel wool and use something like
acetone to clean all oil and residue away from the surface. Then use some
paste flux and solder it closed. Or if soldering will not work maybe 2 part
epoxy or that "liquid metal" patch might work. I had success using the
aluminum liquid metal paste with fixing a hole in an aluminum boat.
Good Luck

Brian

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Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: Leaking Caps


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<PeterCGMN-at-aol-dot-com>
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>  It is hard to explain where the leak is withought a picture ( I too need
to
> get one of those newfangled digital thingys) but it is pretty much a leaky
> joint. There is a screw that is used to connect wires to which has come
lose
> allowing oil to leak. Looking at it I don't think it was designed very
well
> if it came loose so easily.
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> 73, Kc0Ion,"Ion-Boy"
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