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On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 19:43, Keith Park wrote: > Is there nothing they cant do?? > > Well... they dont seal the lower heat exchangers well! Verdict is in on the > use of RTV to help them out and sure enough, even the high temp stuff is not > high enough to withstand the heat down there. I did find a silicone based > tape, about an inch wide, red, that wraps on itself that is designed for the > high temps and I used it this time to help out the dilapidated donuts. the > problem is I grabbed this stuff when it was being thrown out and I dont know > the brand or where it came from... yea! I hate that too! > But keep an eye out as there is stuff like this out there, maybe McMaster > Carr or the like sells some. Ill see how it holds out next summer. > > Keith > Refrasal That is what the high temp stuff is called. http://www.hitco.com/refrasil/silica/ Why not replace the exhaust stubs on the heater boxes?? Weld in new ones. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~