Dear VAC List, Have been reading for a month and have some comments. Dry rot is caused by water and poor ventilation. Read any wooden boating repair book for details on cause and how to avoid. Epoxy is the only way to go when attempting to saturate dry rot sections, several products on the market. Get-Rot is one that I have used on boats and houses, it is available at marine stores. Any epoxy can be used by thinning with solvent to make it very runny. In use, multiple small holes are drilled in the rotted area and the epoxy applied until the area will accept no more. This usually take a little while and then it takes a few days for the epoxy to set. Depending on how much stress the area is subject to, one might want to reinforce it with a layer or two of fibre glass and epoxy after. Polyurthane just does not have the strength or flexibility of epoxy, but it is cheaper in price. If I were completely redoing an AS and it had aluminum wiring it would be replaced, other than that it would not be a worry. Lots of houses built in the early 60's have AL wiring and no problems. Problems come at the terminations, if they are checked for tightness annually and maybe treated with AL-Anox, that should be all that is necessary. Proper fusing should take care of any overload and heating that would cause wiring failure. We tow our 69 Caravel with an Astro van and except for some mountains that require 2nd gear, we have no problems. After driving a 23 ft motorhome and being pushed over by the big rigs, I now have to be more alert because they are now almost past before I am aware of them. The Caravel and van just do not move or sway the way I was used to. I am trying to develop the habit of more side view mirror use. Any opinions on the choice of Lexan or Plexiglass for a front window stone guard? Are the backup lights worth the effort to get them working? Or should after market lights be installed above or under the bumper? Carole and Rob 69 Caravel Is the dry ice dent removal method in the archives? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auctions.yahoo.com/ To unsubscribe or to change to a daily Digest, please go to http://www.airstream.net/vaclist/listoffice.html If replying back to this message, please delete all the unnecessary original text from your reply.
