I'm sure I'm not the only one to have ever done this, but I sure felt embarrassed to tell my wife that I punctured the evaporator coil with a screw driver. The ice in the freezer section had become hard so I tried breaking it up, but while doing this I hit the side of the freezer and punctured through the aluminum! The sound of the coolant escaping told me what I had done. A couple of my 'expert' friends told me it cannot be repaired and I would need a new one ($500+). I was up for the challenge and did some researching. I used a product called JB Weld, it is a putty and there are a couple of different formulas but the one I used is for aluminum. I sanded the paint off around the puncture site, being very careful that nothing got into the cooling system. I wiped it down with acetone and applied the JB Weld. It was hard in about 10 minutes. A couple of days later I had the system filled and hoped that the patch would hold. Well, that was a week and a half ago....and all is good!
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