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Ol’ 98 back on the road..


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After 3 years, for reasons too numerous to mention, (with the exception of one 300 mile trip) hull 98 hitting the open road again. 
Starting 5/17 - Grand Canyon, Bryce, Canyonlands, maybe Arches, depending on crowds, Tetons, Yellowstone, and my wife is flying home to Maine from Bozeman on 6/4, and a friend flying in same day to do some fishing in Montana and Wyoming for a week or two before heading back east.  Not the best time of year for fishing due to snow runoff, but we’ll be out there so won’t pass up the opportunity.

Gray Ghost is 7 1/2 years old now , so new tires, wheel bearings, shocks, batteries and changed out the water pump. Carrying a spare propane regulator. Found the first leak since I’ve had it coming from the porch light over the dinette, re-caulked that. Others checked out fine. The caulk around the bath fan was missing 1/4” chunks, but wasn’t leaking. Upon removal discovered it was bedded in plumbers putty, with a protective silicone caulk around the outside. The plumbers putty was like new, and not leaking, so reinstalled the same way.  
All systems go (🤞🏻)…..

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Have a wonderful time. Glad to see you back put there. We'll look forward to photos.

Ps, in all likelihood,  that vent may have been bedded with butyl tape, then caulked to resisst uv/stay cleaner. That's how we installed our new one. 

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1 hour ago, SeaDawg said:

Have a wonderful time. Glad to see you back put there. We'll look forward to photos.

Ps, in all likelihood,  that vent may have been bedded with butyl tape, then caulked to resist uv/stay cleaner. That's how we installed our new one.99% site it was plumbers putty, thought for sure I would find 3m 5200 or 4200… I dreaded getting it off, but it came off easily, and it worked(s)…. 

Don’t think it was butyl tape.. thought I would find that, or 3m 4200, or at worst 3m 5200… the color was off for butyl tape that I’m used to. In any event, on and not leaking, even after pressure washing.

Will post photos of trip..

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2015 Legacy Elite II Hull # 98

 

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In the early days, their go to caulk was 3M 4200 and MMA 300 High-Performance Methyl Methacrylate was their adhesive of choice. I don’t recall ever seeing them use 3M 5200. 

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Steve, Tali and our dog Rocky plus our beloved Storm, Maggie, Lucy and Reacher (all waiting at the Rainbow Bridge)

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@GrayGhost: Nice looking rig, brother!  You'll have a blast in the Rockies - fishing may be tough as you've noted, but hey - "...a day of fly fishing in tough conditions is better than any day not fishing!"  Tributaries off the Yellowstone, Madison, Gallatin, and Big Horn will be awesome - any you'll be right amongst them!  Keep 'yer line tight!

Cheers!

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