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You're right, it wouldn't.=C2=A0 Nor would it make a great desert topping.
Always chose the right product for the job.
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From: Tom Walling <pdqtr6@comcast.net>
To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>; John Macartney <John.Macartney@u=
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Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2021 10:26 am
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses
I have always seen Dum-Dum used as a body joint filler where there are pane=
ls that abut each other. I doubt it would have any positive effect on the F=
igure-of-Eight seals in the engine.
> On 02/08/2021 8:22 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 11:59 AM John Macartney
> <John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk> wrote:
> >
> > I do recall some manuals and service bulletins called for a sealant cal=
led DumDum - and of course, few people if any outside the U.K. have ever he=
ard of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!
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> Huh.=C2=A0 I worked for a VW dealer in Atlanta, and we used plenty of
> Dumdum.=C2=A0 I always figured it was a slang term, as I never saw the bo=
x
> it came in.
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> What I call Dumdum was sheets of wax paper with eight or so rods of
> soft, semi-sticky sealant like modeling clay side by side.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 L=
ooked
> like a box of skinny black pencils.
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<div> <font size=3D"3">You're right, it wouldn't. Nor would it make a=
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From: Tom Walling <pdqtr6@comcast.net><br>
To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate@gmail.com>; John Macartney <John.Ma=
cartney@ukpips.org.uk><br>
Cc: Triumph List <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2021 10:26 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] Fo8 Sealants Question and List Responses<br>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">I have always seen Dum-Dum used as a body joint filler whe=
re there are panels that abut each other. I doubt it would have any positiv=
e effect on the Figure-of-Eight seals in the engine.<br clear=3D"none"><br =
clear=3D"none">> On 02/08/2021 8:22 PM Jeff Scarbrough <<a shape=3D"r=
ect" ymailto=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.com"; href=3D"mailto:fishplate@gmail.=
com">fishplate@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear=3D"none">> <br clear=3D=
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ohn Macartney<br clear=3D"none">> <<a shape=3D"rect" ymailto=3D"mailt=
o:John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk" href=3D"mailto:John.Macartney@ukpips.org.uk=
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r clear=3D"none">> > I do recall some manuals and service bulletins c=
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e the U.K. have ever heard of DumDum. Even this list has speculated on it!<=
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