Look in the garden hose section of HoDepot for Nashua Stretch & Seal silicone sealing tape.� 1" x 10' roll is about $8.� I just bought a roll to keep in the Westy.

Stephen

--- On Sat, 6/26/10, Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

From: Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Silicone tape = rescue tape, was Pesky Oil Leak
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 11:15 PM

Silicone tape, you can get it at Home Depot or maybe even Walmart. Good stuff.

There was a thread on it, this year maybe. Take a 
look in the archives http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html

Rob
becida@comcast.net

At� 6/26/2010 07:43 PM, Peter T. Owsianowski wrote:
>I believe it is the same stuff, John.���Available at Harbor Frieght - same
>temp rates.� Stretching and wrapping is how it seals on itself.
>
>
>Pete
>'79 Westy "Aardvark"
>'87 Westy "JoesVan"
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>
>
>On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 7:50 PM, John Meeks <vanagon@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Pete,
> >
> > I'm not sure what Extreme Tape is but Rescue Tape is rated over 500� F so
> > it should work. There isn't enough room 
> around the base of the push rod tube
> > to get a good� stretch and wrap.
> >