After my old cork sank (in flight -- that was a scare), I let it dry for a
few weeks
and it then worked again for quite a while.  Be sure to let the cork dry
thoroughly
before re-sealing it or you may seal a lot of fuel inside.


Dennis Spiegel wrote:

> Hello to all,
> The last time I talked to Lee at Skyport about the  coating on the corks
he told
> me that they were coated with epoxy
> so what I did was buy new corks  they are cheap and when I got home I
have some
> one hour epoxy I mixed up enough
> to coat the cork   but I heated it  with a hair dryer to make it flow  I
dipped
> the cork (old  one) while still on the wire in the epoxy until it was
coated
> good then I got  an old paper cup Iheld the wire between my fingers and
spun the
> assembly
> in the empty cup so as to let  excess epoxy fly off in the cup I figured
that if
> too much epoxy was on the  cork it would sink so I removed as much as
possible
> It works fine should last a couple of years or so.I hope that this helps
you
> save an old one  Just in case you need it.
> dennis 99564 in ill
>
>
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