What should I caulk them with?
I've replaced the gaskets on the ports... but I guess the new ones fail
pretty quickly?

Thanks,
Wes

JordanVw@aol.com wrote:
> just make sure you forget to caulk the fill ports so you have to do
> this all over again in a year. (which was the source of the rust in
> the first place)
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> chris
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> In a message dated 9/8/07 10:34:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> wes@CS.UCHICAGO.EDU writes:
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>> Our '83 westy has very little seam rust as seen from the outside, but my
>> understanding is that the rust is probably mostly hanging out in the
>> interior of the seams.  I'll probably do the whole POR15 routine on the
>> exterior of the seams.  As for as the other side, I've been thinking
>> about taking out the interior, inspecting the inside metal, grinding
>> down any rust, and then spraying it with some coating (Boeshield?
>> Penzoils Marine Rust inhibitor?) and putting everything back together.
>>
>> A couple of questions...
>> are there detailed instructions anywhere about the best sequence to
>> remove the westy interior in?  Right now my fridge works very reliably.
>> I'm worried I'm likely to put everything back together wrong and find
>> out I've messed it up somehow.
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>> any ideas about what to replace insulation with?
>> While I have my fridge out, should I stand it upside down, shake it,
>> jump on it, or anything else?
>> Also, how long should doing the interior take?? I don't have a garage in
>> which to store the cabinets/fridge/etc while I'm doing the job.  So if I
>> could do the whole inside in one day that would really make me more
>> excited about the operation.
>>
>>
>> Thanks very much for any suggestions.
>>
>> -Wes
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