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Well, the good news is that my coilpack is completely sealed.. The bad
news is that I couldn't find my damn digital camera (?!), so I
couldn't take any pictures of it. (sorry, gary!)
Once I got it out of there it was a lot easier to see where the damage
was. The bolt-hole around the cylinder #1 terminal was badly cracked,
and there were many hairline cracks all over.
An interesting thing I noticed too, was that the copper terminal on
the inside of the cylinder #1 post was covered in sortof a black
deposit of some sort (whereas all the rest were shiny copper)..
Presumably corrosion/depositing from all the water that was getting in
there through the biggest crack.. I did my best to scrape as much of
it off as I could, but it's hard to see in there, as you can imagine.
I threw on one really good thick coat of epoxy over the whole thing
(well, just the sides -- not the top), and let it dry over night.
Then, this morning I went out there and gave it a few coats with
quick-dry polyurethane just to be anal. I also put some rubber washers
on in front of the metal ones to keep it from stressing the plastic in
the future..
Plugged it back in this morning, and she purrs like a kitten. Of
course, she purred like a kitten before, too.
I took it to the auto carwash, which was usually the real test.. (the
rocker panel blast cycle of an auto carwash usually got enough water
up there to really kill it.. almost to the point of stalling).. No
problems whatever..
Looks like I'm good to go!
Thanks to Marc for the brilliant idea..
--Chris
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