Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc13.comcast.net ([204.127.202.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3073871 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:12:45 -0500 Received: from comcast.net (pcp03866619pcs.elkton01.md.comcast.net[68.33.59.43]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc13) with SMTP id <2004031113124001600lic8ne> (Authid: pemster); Thu, 11 Mar 2004 13:12:40 +0000 Message-ID: <405065C9.6090907@comcast.net> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:12:41 -0500 From: Pem Walton User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Pin Hole Coolant Leak References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------030606080308090307010208" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030606080308090307010208 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dave, You could try Loctite 290. It is a penetrating thread locker / weld sealant. I used it on a well pump casting and it worked very well. Good stuff http://www.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterialText.asp?bassnum=PLOCT098 Regards, Pem Walton Rebuilding 6 port.(waiting for sides to be lapped) David Leonard wrote: >Today I discovered several pin-hole leaks in my cooling system (one drop every several minutes). They are coming from a weld on the water pump housing. > >Please tell me someone knows a good way to seal such leaks. A re-weld would probably require removing the entire engine :< > >I also made the first attempted start today. Turns out I have no spark... Guess I won`t be the first to go down that road. I connected the signal from the CAS in parallel with the engine monitor. That connection will be the first to go. > >Dave Leonard > > > > >>> Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ >>> Archive: http://lancaironline.net/lists/flyrotary/List.html >>> >>> > > > --------------030606080308090307010208 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Dave,

You could try Loctite 290. It is a penetrating thread locker / weld sealant. I used it on a well pump casting and it worked very well. Good stuff
http://www.matweb.com/search/SpecificMaterialText.asp?bassnum=PLOCT098

Regards,
Pem Walton
Rebuilding 6 port.(waiting for sides to be lapped)

David Leonard wrote:

Today I discovered several pin-hole leaks in my cooling system (one drop every several minutes).  They are coming from a weld on the water pump housing.

Please tell me someone knows a good way to seal such leaks.  A re-weld would probably require removing the entire engine  :<

I also made the first attempted start today.  Turns out I have no spark...   Guess I won`t be the first to go down that road.  I connected the signal from the CAS in parallel with the engine monitor.  That connection will be the first to go.

Dave Leonard

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