Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 11:41:14 -0400
Reply-To: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Marc Perdue <mcperdue@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Vent wing seals? Anybody?
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Hahaha, you all are great! Okay, now we're getting somewhere. To Ken,
Jim, and Eric, Karl described the part well enough, but the one I'm
talking about is not on the latch, it's at the bottom of the vent
wing, where it attaches to the lower pivot. There's a big torx-head
screw (T-25) that goes goes through the lead piece and into the pivot.
I finally got tired of trying to figure out how to describe it, so
here are pics:
Here is a general pic of the whole vent wing:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mcp6n/images/VentWing1.JPG
This is the big screw head at the bottom of the vent wing:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mcp6n/images/VentWing2.JPG
In this picture, the pivot is on the left, the lead seal, still in the
glass window, is on the right. You can see where water has been
leaking into my van at the base of the vent wing, so something is
clearly not right here.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mcp6n/images/VentWing3.JPG
This picture shows the other side of the window with the lead seal
still in the glass.
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~mcp6n/images/VentWing4.JPG
I didn't know if you could cast lead in plaster; I can certainly do
that. Thanks, Ed!
Marc
On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:28 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had in mind taking apart the vent window piece and putting the cavity for
> the seal in my big old vise with a hunk of lead and "forging" an exact
> piece. Remove it, drill it, done.
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 8:19 AM Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> if it's really conical and you have a good one to use as a model... my
>> amateur lost wax metal casting technique might work.
>>
>> mush the good one into play-doh so that it leaves a void the exact shape
>> you need.
>>
>> fill the void with melted wax and let it harden.
>>
>> take the wax piece and make sure it is the shape you need.
>>
>> put the wax piece, big end down on waxpaper.
>>
>> coat it with plaster, several thin coats, drying in-between coats.
>>
>> turn it over, remove the wax paper and excess plaster but leave some around
>> the wax plug.
>>
>> put plaster object with wax in it in the oven, open end down so the wax
>> melts out. use low, slow heat.
>>
>> now you have a plaster mold you can pour the melted lead in.
>>
>> Edward
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 6:39 AM, William Monk <billmonk@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Does anyone have a picture of this piece? Lead is a very soft material to
>> > work with. Deal with it at work sometimes and use it making sinkers every
>> > couple years.
>> >
>> > Bill M
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> > > On Apr 26, 2016, at 10:55 PM, Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Ken, the latch that keeps the vent closed is held by a screw that
>> > fastens through a lead piece. It is perhaps a half inch wide and is
>> > conical. I believe it is lead to absorb impacts and keep the vent from
>> > shattering.
>> > >
>> > > Karl Wolz
>> > > Sent from my electronic umbilicus
>> > >
>> > >> On Apr 26, 2016, at 4:10 PM, kenneth wilford (Van-Again) <
>> > kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>> > >>
>> > >> scratching
>> >
>>
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