Flying Pig wrote:
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The problem is that the post itself is corroded/pitted. That not only lets
water through, but wears on the packing.
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There ARE people who would send off for a sheet of stainless feeler
stock, and cut a rectangle to wrap the rudder post with the smallest
possible weeper gap in the seal section, and having filled the sealing
area pits with loaded epoxy, would glue the wrapper round it.

Of course, *I* would never do any jury-rig like that!

Brian w