1. I used red 3M High temp RTV. Don't use the cheap stuff. 250 grit sandpaper. 6 squeese clamps.
2. Just bearly, lightly scuff up the side,bottom, bottom edge and 1/2" in on the bottom of coil with the 250 grit sandpaper. Do the same thing to the inside of the coil cover. Lightly scuff up area around where the coil wire goes in the cover on top and very lightly on the rubber. The reason is you want the RTV to adhear to the plastic and the rubber and to the coil,to the sides of coil and coil cover and to the bottom of the coil and cover.
3. Clean and reclean all the dust off the coil and the cover.
4. Run a fat bead of RTV around the side of the coil,coil cover and a fat bead on the bottom of the coil and cover near the inside edge.If you run a fat bead around those areas when you put them together you will get squeese out all around and out of the cover. This very important. Remove all the excess RTV after you have put a squeese clamp on the front,back and two on each side at the edges of the coil. This will put alot of pressure on the two pieces and will give you a more even squeese out all the way around the coil. Just move the clamps a little to remove the excess RTV. Leave a little RTV between the cover and coil. It should be about 1/8th" to 3/16ths" wide. Smooth the gap down so it will be flush with the coil and cover. I used spit but you can use soapy water. Spit is just faster
Let that dry.
5. After it is dry check for voids in the RTV. If you find any just fill and smooth them out with a little RTV.
5. Now lay a small bead on the rubber and around the rubber and plastic. Smooth it all dowm, let dry. Check after it is dry for voids. If any just fill them in.
6. On the Joey coil, do it all the same way. Only where the coil wire goes into the cover there is a nut so the bead will have to be thicker. My Joey coil is 6 years old and has never leaked. Nither has my Xterra 70 5x10" 18.75 kHZ coil.
&. Now let me make one thing very clear. I have never submerged the coil for any length of time. I use it at waters edge, very shallow butt water where the womem set splaching water on the babies . I have found a lot of high dollar diamond rings this way. If I am at the beach and a wave washes over the coil or i dunk it, I don't worry about it and I never have to worry about cleaning the coil cover. Remember these coils float and are a pain in the butt to keep submearged. I would hate to count the times I have hunted at the waters edge and with it getting washed over by wave or wet. You just don't have to worry about it anymore. One other thing, NO they don't False if the coils get splashed or covered. Unless you got it maxed out on Sen. and then they are going to false, even in the dirt. Hope this helps Ya'll.
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: HH Jerry aka Tinfoil.
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