4kq Taillight R&R

[Kneale Brownson]

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FLAPS have a 3M product that looks/works quite the same as the 4K seal
material.  Might be called A/C sealer or something like that.  The grey
plumber's stuff from HD isn't intended for the wide range of temps you see
in a car body or the vibrations.


At 10:07 AM 04/08/2002 -0700, Bernard Littau wrote:

>My new 4kq had a cracked taillight, and therefore a wet trunk.  A local
>lister had a spare taillight, so I pulled the cracked one off the car.  When
>I removed the taillight, the black "plumbers putty like but more snot like"
>material adhered about half to the taillight and half to the car, making it
>a poor candidate for reuse.
>
>Where would I get some stuff like what was used to seal the original 4kq
>taillights?  Any BTDT on using any other material?  I am tempted to use the
>Home Depot gray plumbers putty :-)
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bernard Littau
>Woodinville, WA
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