Roof vent leak
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03-25-2007, 10:06
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Roof vent leak
Everthing is great. No complaints. The bus is just fine. Talladega in 3
weeks. Don't need a surge protector there. Oops, on second thought I may need one. LOL The next time your 172 cracks at the nose cowling, use JB Weld and paint. You will not believe the results. Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40"Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville. FL Single and Multiengine Land Instrument rated Private Pilot, old aerobatic Swift driver. ----- Original Message ----- From: James Harvie To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] Roof vent leak 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 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. --------------------------------- No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --------------------------------- Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |
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Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-25-2007, 06:58
Roof vent leak - mbulriss - 03-25-2007, 07:48
Roof vent leak - Leroy Eckert - 03-25-2007, 08:42
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-25-2007, 09:56
Roof vent leak - Leroy Eckert - 03-25-2007 10:06
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-25-2007, 11:36
Roof vent leak - Eric Johnson - 03-25-2007, 12:22
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-26-2007, 14:55
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-26-2007, 14:59
Roof vent leak - Leroy Eckert - 03-27-2007, 00:40
Roof vent leak - Bob & Carol Howald` - 03-27-2007, 01:41
Roof vent leak - Leroy Eckert - 03-27-2007, 07:59
Roof vent leak - Richard Hayden - 03-27-2007, 08:43
Roof vent leak - Leroy Eckert - 03-27-2007, 11:38
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-27-2007, 17:36
Roof vent leak - James Harvie - 03-27-2007, 17:59
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