<VV> Powerglide Cable leak

[Andy Clark]

My solution, which worked well for me, was to go to my local marine
chandlery and purchase a roll of self-fusing rigging tape. The sailboaters
use it to wrap the ends of the spreaders to prevent the jib from nagging. As
you wrap it, it fuses to itself, resulting in a waterproof (and in my case,
oil-proof) seal.
As always, YMMV.

Andy Clark
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Smitty Smith" <vairologist at verizon.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 6:47 AM
Subject: <VV> Powerglide Cable leak


> Smitty says:  Everyone has an opinion.  Here's mine.  I have read all the
stuff about putting a hose over it or using heat shrink tubing but my fix is
best just because it is cheap and -----  My Fix.  gg  Simply clean the area
up with degreaser. (gasoline) and dry it thouroughly.  Wrap an overlapping,
stretched tight, smooth layer of electricians tape about three layers over
the leaking area.  (This last step is important).  Wrap a twist tie tightly
around the last turn of tape to keep it from unwraping.  If you don't, then
road oil will attack the adhesive and it will all unwrap over a period of
time.  Anyone who want's to disagree with this method will have to take it
up with a couple of 10-15 year old, non leaking, repairs on a couple of my
cars.  Not with me.
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