Quote:
Originally Posted by S-F
Nice job Xringer!
|
Thanks S-F, my wife is also proud of me..
It was a rainy day as you know, so bike riding was out of the question..
And my wife was out for a while. Without her Corolla blocking access,
I went into the unit to check clearances for the flame.
Could I do it, without melting things or setting the garage on fire?
There was a small access 'hole' for the torch between the other tubes,
and since it was still raining, I decided give it a try.
I hope it holds, or I will have to try again, using a longer heat-up.
I was pleased to see how quickly the area heated up, when removing
the thermistor tube. It only took a minute before it fell off.
I gave it about another minute to get
more red hot and applied the filler stick.
It started melting onto the top within about 10 or 15 seconds.
Most of the heat/flame was coming in from a low angle,
so the bottom heated up first and area of the pin-hole warmed lastly.
I guess that's why the repair blob looks so bad..?.
I did not want to get so much heat that all of the molten filler would
get real thin and liquified, so it would just run off the tube and not
leave a layer on top of the pin-hole area.