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From: Charlie England <ceengland@bellsouth.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: ProSeal question
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Charlie England wrote:
> Ernest Christley wrote:
>> Harold wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ernest,
>>> sounds like the problem I had in one of my tanks (RV9). Built a 
>>> manometer and for about 6 weeks tried everything I could think of to 
>>> find my leak, finally when my neighbor opened his pool, I dunked it 
>>> and found 5 pinholes around rivets in the back flange. Drilled them 
>>> out, put a glob of proseal on each, squeezed them and next day No 
>>> Leak. Manometer held pressure...the only changes were from barometric 
>>> pressure...correlated roughly with the weather reports. If you have a 
>>> leak in the skin by a rib, why not try drilling it out and replacing 
>>> it with a CCR 246SS-3-2 with a big glob of proseal slathered all over 
>>> it. I found that after the proseal set for about 5-6 hours, I was 
>>> able to clean the outside with some MEK & elbow grease.
>>> Hope this helps
>>> Harold Kovac
>>
>> Yeah, I'll drill and replace the rivet with a wet one, but the 
>> question was how do I conserve the ProSeal?  The Kit that Vans sells 
>> comes with a little jar of 'stuff' and a little pouch of 'stuff'.  Can 
>> I pull out a small glob of each, mix them together like JBWeld and be 
>> safe?
>>
>> I like the pool idea.  I may have to make a midnight run to get in the 
>> water.  I don't think I'll get much respect calling my 50gal. tank a 
>> pool toy. 8*)
>>
>> I would try the green loctite, except that this pinhole is on the 
>> bottom of the tank, and the tank is wholy contained in that same space 
>> as the cabin.  Some things I'm just not comfortable experimenting with.
>>
> Ernest,
> 
> Where in NC are you located?
> 
> I'll forward your request to the RV-Southeast list; there's almost 
> certainly someone close to you that's got some left-over proseal that 
> will give you some.
> 
> If you need some tips on how to get it to the leak, give me a call. I've 
> had practice. :-)
> 
> Charlie
Duhhh....
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