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Old 08-02-2006, 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by andmoon
I reinforced the neck by inserting a metal pipe to fit (hardest part is finding the pipe) attached w/ heat resistant silicone gasket in a tube (forget the exact one but it was way over the heat range). 8 years and holding!
Due to paranoia, this was one of the first things I did to my car; I bought the kit from mercedesource.com, which uses a copper pipe and plumber's epoxy (really, really strong, waterproof stuff available at Lowe's or Home Depot). A guy told me that they used to use this stuff by the gallon pail repairing oil pipelines!
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