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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 06:49 AM
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Hey pounder, took your suggestion over the weekend. Had a 16 year old brake master cylinder res. that had many hairline cracks and looked its age.
Masked off everything and sprayed a couple coats of "plasti-dip"....not an issue any more.

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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 08:56 AM
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Hey pounder, took your suggestion over the weekend. Had a 16 year old brake master cylinder res. that had many hairline cracks and looked its age.
Masked off everything and sprayed a couple coats of "plasti-dip"....not an issue any more.

Thanks.
Just got back from a 5 day cruise. Got the diagnosis; metastatic peritoneal mesothelioma. Not really treatable. But, we can sue asbestos companies for a ton of money for my loved ones. Like everything, life is a tradeoff! I'll give you a call once I get settled back in.
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 09:08 AM
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Sad to hear of your diagnosis Dave, enjoy every day you have left. And make them pay. That's a fear of mine that some day I will have the same news from work I did as a civil servant mechanic for the dept of army for 19yrs.
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by David Shiel
Just got back from a 5 day cruise. Got the diagnosis; metastatic peritoneal mesothelioma. Not really treatable. But, we can sue asbestos companies for a ton of money for my loved ones. Like everything, life is a tradeoff! I'll give you a call once I get settled back in.
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 04:12 PM
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Sad to hear of your diagnosis Dave, enjoy every day you have left.
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Old Oct 4, 2016 | 04:46 PM
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Sorry to heard that , you still ticking enjoy life to the fullest. Good luck !!!

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Originally Posted by David Shiel
Just got back from a 5 day cruise. Got the diagnosis; metastatic peritoneal mesothelioma. Not really treatable. But, we can sue asbestos companies for a ton of money for my loved ones. Like everything, life is a tradeoff! I'll give you a call once I get settled back in.
Dave
So sorry to hear the news......I'm a 32 yr employee in a 70 yr old Power Plant...I can just imagine what my lungs look like.
And just this past Aug I got done being treated for Prostate Cancer....won't know results until the first week of December.

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Best of luck to you!!!
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Originally Posted by SG Lou
So sorry to hear the news......I'm a 32 yr employee in a 70 yr old Power Plant...I can just imagine what my lungs look like.
And just this past Aug I got done being treated for Prostate Cancer....won't know results until the first week of December.
is to get a CAT scan or PET scan to assure there is no mesothelioma going on.
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