Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:44:17 -0500
Reply-To: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
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From: John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET>
Subject: Re: Fix - Gutter trim stripping off
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I don't know if Plumber's Goop and is the same as other GOOP's but it is
good stuff. I have seen it used for any number of things. The most
spectacular fix I know of was the repair of a pair of leaking Chest
waders for fishing. I had not used my waders for a couple of years, then
one day went fishing - I was in Alaska at the time. Damn things filled
with water. I fished the day out, but when I got home, I filled them
with water and found and marked the leaks, then drained and dried them.
I applied a bit of the GOOP inside and out at the leak points and never
had any more trouble with them. Fixed about 5 or 6 small rips, probably
from rocks.
Back in the day when I first got my 85 GL, and before I knew anything
about the Vanagon List, Bentley, etc, I had a rear heater valve leak. I
took the valve out, saw the leak was at the seal, put on a coat of
Plumber's GOOP, re-assembled it, and it never leaked again.
Good stuff, that GOOP!
John Rodgers
88 GL Driver
www.wcha.org
Larry Alofs wrote:
> So, is Plumber's GOOP any different from ordinary GOOP or Shoe GOOP?
> Are all GOOPs really the same?
>
> On some models of Ch*rokees the plastic trim on the doors simply falls
> off.
> I've found that GOOP works better than real trim cement to put it back
> on to stay.
> Great for sandals and shoes too. Strong, but flexible.
> Larry A.
>
>
> John Rodgers wrote:
>
>> For a long time, my gutter trim kept peeling back from the front corner
>> by the windshield. I figured to replace it but I didn't like all the
>> trims that I looked at as replacement trims. Most had a separate end
>> piece that had to be held with a screw. That didn't sit well.
>> What to do?
>>
>> Solution.
>>
>> I pulled the trim back a bit, then cleaned the groove in the trim with a
>> scraping tool, and then cleaned the metal strip the trim mounts on very
>> thoroughly with MEK. Al old tar/glue was removed. The I squirted
>> "Plumber's GOOP" into the trim groove, and shoved it down tight onto the
>> metal trim mount. That trim strip has not moved since.
>>
>> Plumber's GOOP works.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> John Rodgers
>> 88 GL Driver
>>
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