Condar Watchman Probe Hole

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sadsak

Member
Aug 16, 2015
7
Childs Creek, NB
Hi,

I am in the process of installing a Condar Watchman on my FPX 36 Elite. I am following the FPX guide, but the probe on the Watchman is a lot larger than the pilot hole Travis supplied. I had to drill it out from 1/8" to 1/4" of an inch. Now that I installed probe, the hole looks huge. Condar makes no mention of plugging the hole, but it is only 1/8" in the manual, not the 1/4" I had to make it. So, can I leave it open, plug it with stove cement, or ...?

Thanks!