Roof vent leak

[James Harvie]

Leroy. Although JB weld has been around for about 40 years or so. I have never
been a beliver, of quick fixes. That is untill the oil pan in my plow truck
started leaking.lol I was looking at jacking up the engine, to remove the pan,
but instead, I sanded it down to shiney metal, cleaned it with carb clean and
threw a coat of that on. Now I swear by it, for certain applications. It dosen't
work too good for anything that needs structural support, but I'll bet it would
work real well as a liner on a battery box. I'll bet that roof has Rivnuts too,
I'll pull one out and look. Mabaglass works good on those airplane door panels
too. It's fiberglass combined with bondo.Oh and btw, how did you make out on
your fuel gauge problem ?
Jimmy
Harvie
Leroy Eckert wrote: 82 FC 35 SB Boston I
do not know for certain about the plate screws because I have not had the
problem. If I took a guess, it would be that the screws screw into Rivnuts. As
for the blue and white epoxy, it works great until UV tears it up. It is
paintable.
Depending upon the material, there is a product out there called Plastic Weld
available at O'Reillys that works well if applied properly. I have used it on
plastic interior parts on the airplane with excellent results. It is paintable.
Another deal is to use JB Quick on fiberglass cracks if properly prepared, the
cracks stop. Just some info from a person who is off the chart on these things
and has good results.

Note: Properly prepared is the operative word. You can hurry the painter, but
you cannot hurry the paint.

Leroy Eckert
1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors"
Niceville, FL

----- Original Message -----
From: James Harvie
To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Roof vent leak

I was on top of my bus, last week, cleaning out the storage pods, and I noticed
3 things. I had a small crack in one of the vents, the diamond plate was loose,
and 2 of the brackets that hold those 3 bullhorns on, were broken. Yesterday I
went back up, tightened up the screws on the plate. I'm not sure if they have
nuts on the other end, but I thought I was going to have to drill oversize and
install oversize screws. They were all loose, some I got 8 or 9 turns out of the
screwdriver, but they all tightened up nice and tight. For the crack in the
vent, I cleaned it down with Enamel Reducer, and used that 2 part liquid epoxy.
You can get it in any auto parts store, and I'm not sure but maybe Wally World
has it too. Just look for the 2 plastic syringes tied together. One part is
blue, one clear. When you mix the two, it turns milky white, then about 20
seconds later, it turns clear. I applied it with a small Artists brush. I think
this is a good way to go. It is thick
enough, so if you have gaps, you can bridge them and I think would add
strenght.Just remember it dires in about a minute, so don't mix more than you
can use in that time. Not sure if it's paintable, or not I threw the package out
a long time ago. I plan on adding a Fantastic fan in that hole a little later,
but for now I have 2 lists. One's a" want" list, and one's a "need" list. I'm
doing the need list first, driveline maintanence, new tires etc. I may fabricate
new brackets, for those Bullhorns, I don't think those are heavy enough. I may
point them down too, to keep the debris out.
Jimmy Harvie
82FC 35 SB
Boston Ma.

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