Date:         Sun, 3 Sep 2006 00:10:39 -0400
Reply-To:     neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
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From:         neil <goofymuso@YAHOO.CA>
Subject:      Re: air intake boot repair
Comments: To: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <2cb866ef0609022044u72de18bcof7a5c8aa384d3c99@mail.gmail.com>
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Hey.

Just put a new (used.....yes I got lucky) boot in my
81 AC.

I used ....... "walking out to van....."

"Permatex Red Hi-Temp Silicone" Adhesive Sealant.

Cracks were inbetween ribs on mine. I cleaned an area
larger than that  of crack, and filled that area up to
to top of ribs. If that makes sense.

I found it useful to *carefully* bend the boot in
different directions to see if more cracks were on
their way. In fact I found one more than what was
obvious.

Cheers.


--- Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> Howdy,
>
> I have made a few attempts at repairing my Air
> Intake Elbow Boot (rubber
> pipe between air flow meter and throttle body, s
> shaped) once with "goop"
> and recently with "seal all".  These substances
> haven't stuck as well as I
> would like, and I plan to remove all of the stuff,
> clean the boot thoroughly
> and then do the job again with a better substance.
>
> My question for the list is what is the best stuff
> to use for this?  It has
> to be adherant, flexible, heat resistant and stay
> that way for a long time.
>
>
> Of course if anyone has a great boot laying around
> then let me know what you
> want for it and I will go that route..
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Poole
> '82 ac westy
>


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