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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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Default Do the electric cutouts leak still?

I mean badly? I want to get a pair, but Im curious if they still leak. My Dad had the McCord power plate and it leaked like crazy. You could hear it puffing away under the car Has anyone found a way to seal them yet? Maybe some coper RTV?
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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 01:22 PM
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I sealed mine with some RTV. Took a few tries to get it right, but they can be made pretty much leak free.
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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 01:26 PM
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You need to use the supplied (or not) gaskets. If you don't have the gaskets, go to a muffler shop and get some from there.

If you're using gaskets and they still leak, seal it with some RTV like the others said.
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Old Jul 3, 2004 | 03:16 PM
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mine does not leak at all... but i like to hear it open most of the time and enjoy the obnoxiously loud lope
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Ive heard that the McCord's leak most out of all of them, but I hear too that he has fixed that problem
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You need to use the supplied (or not) gaskets. If you don't have the gaskets, go to a muffler shop and get some from there.

If you're using gaskets and they still leak, seal it with some RTV like the others said.

Im not talking about where the plate mounts to the cutout, I mean the plate inside the unit that moves. The exhaust used to blow right past it and make one annoying puffing sound.
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