Hi, Wayne,

In case I've not said so before, I'm very appreciative of your (and others')
thoughtful input...


"Wayne B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 2 Aug 2011 08:11:16 -0400, "Flying Pig"
wrote:

I'm thinking of using our fairing compound this time (epoxy 2-part
mixup), as it will start setting at 4 hours, and be permanent in a day.
When
it's green, it works easily, but is rock hard in the end; I'd drill and
tap,
instead of using wood screws as in the priors. The 5-minute stuff wasn't
rock hard when I went to remove the broken bits...

Fairing compound is not strong enough for that application. I've had
good luck using J-B Weld which is a filled and thickened epoxy, very
tough stuff, almost as strong as metal. It's easy to use and cures
relatively quickly.

Another (the one with the vacuum pump and adapters I'll borrow, the same guy
who's been here for 10 years in the interview thread) cruiser said the same,
but recommended Cabosil. I think I like JB just for its simplicity. He
also suggested a receiver for a machine screw bedded into it, which might
lessen the likelihood of a recurrence. As I'll be adding some gasketing, and
it's a top-load, without the "usual" lever-arm reefer latch (prevents a flat
surface which we need on the countertop), it will take even more effort than
it does currently to close. We have to set it, with the latch already
depressed in the receiver lip, and give it a forceful whack with both fists
to make it seat. The current failure was a matter of having something in
the freezer preventing the latch from engaging the lip; whacking it put all
the force on the tongue, forcing the lift which broke my earlier repair...


I'm having a difficult time visualizing your issue with the hose and
gauge set. A typical gauge set comes with three hoses: blue, red and
yellow. Blue is for the low pressure side, red for high, and yellow
is in the middle and goes to your can tap adapter or vacuum pump. The
blue and red hoses may be terminated with either quick connects or
female screw-on connectors. It sounds like your compressor is set up
for quick connects but I can't be sure from your description. You
need to get hoses which match the connectors on your compressor.

I have those three; they are double-ended females, the open end goes on the
gauge set and the schrader-depressor end on the compressor.

My problem is getting the can connected to the yellow hose ell...


You probably already know this but it's important to purge the air out
of the hoses before filling your system.

Yup - a brief squirt through them should accomplish that. My buddy's coming
by today, so I should have the charging (or, if not, identified it as some
other problem) done today...

Thanks again.

L8R

Skip, with the new metal going on the bow roller cage today...


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