Concur with E'Zurg - not mud on the exterior; Elmer's Glue, Elmer's Wood Glue, Titebond, etc.
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Too late. I'm a man of action.
http://i.imgur.com/jaUd0PL.png
Damn it, Jim! I'm a pipe repairman, not a doctor.
And a man of action. Bravo. I have assumed pipe mud hardened from curing under pretty high heat so my feeling is that gasket will crumble, probably sooner than later. Happy to be wrong, please keep us posted on what happens. Also, if that is water/moisture around the leftover stuff and the patch on the pipe I'd say the stuff was way too wet. When I did mud too wet it always crumbled.
I'd just break that ash right on up, and put some wood glue there instead.
That's just me though. I'm not saying, I'm just saying.
A'Gar - I am an eternal optimist and i really hope it performs brilliantly! Please keep us posted.
Branzig - Jus' sayin' I wouldn't be smokin' that cob up over Mrs. Moo's white tablecloth is all I'm sayin'.
Good lord, that is ugly