Waterproofing

[RichardK]

I don't know if anyone has bought this up before but I pulled this off another RR site, interesting if you like water or need a multiple condom

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[Hellspawn]

Silicone is cheaper. Any will do, roof and gutter sealant or the like just not the white stuff. Also good for stopping electrics from arcing.
I've glued my dizzy shut and sealed around the coil wires to the same effect with roof and gutter sealant. At service the cap just prys off, when youre done reseal. Never had a drop of water get in.

[RichardK]

As I understand some silicones will eat the alloy distributor casing, I use a thin smear of silicone grease around the inside of the distributor cap, around the leads out of the distributor and into the plugs. Other than that I use silicone spray over all the electrics.

[Hellspawn]

I agree, maybe I was a little lax with "any silicone" as you're quite right, some have a healthy appetite.
Grease, been hearing that a bit. Just wonder about it melting though. Someone also told me to use grease on gaskets to improve sealing. Interesting.

[drivesafe]

Hi RichardK. This may be of interest to you as you are already using silicon grease ( many people don’t like using silicon because it tends to attract dust among other problems ). There is a product called silicon paste and it has a number of advantages over ordinary silicon grease.
As the name implies, it is a paste and can be used to fill small holes and remain there.
It has a much higher tolerance to heat so it won’t run.
Because it does not run, it can be used on battery terminals without the problem of the silicon contaminating the battery.
No matter how long it is in place for, when you want to remove it, simply wipe it off.
Because it is a paste, it comes in a tube not a tube and it is cheap.
One of the supplies I found was Faith Chemicals, in western Sydney ( 02 ) 4774 1582.
Regards
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[RichardK]

Thanks for that information Drivesafe, although I haven't had any problem with the silicone grease (we were into pretty deep water on the weekend and hopefully will have some photos up as soon as Pirate has them ready) I will put a tube into the odds an sods bag. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif

[drivesafe]

One benifit I forgot to add, if you are installing driving lights or a wrinch or anything that will have a plug and socket in the wiring loom, the silicon paste can be used by filling the socket and then pushing the plug and socket together.
The paste not only protects against corrosion but it makes for a waterproof connection, you can submerge the connection in a creek or whatever and it will remain waterproof.
Regards