Date:         Mon, 27 Mar 2000 12:28:51 EST
Reply-To:     Captain Ray Nemo <volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
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From:         Captain Ray Nemo <volksiebus@NETSCAPE.NET>
Subject:      Re: [heater hose in place of coolant pipes]
Comments: To: McComas_Glenn <mccomas@shore.intercom.net>
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"McComas_Glenn" <mccomas@shore.intercom.net> wrote:
> Interesting post.....  I've gotta think about this when I get my 87
> back together.  Did you see any opportunity for rigid plastic piping
> [quite unsure about copper for galvanic reasons; ditto electrical
> conduit which is zinc dipped].  I ask this without having looked at
> the under-bus situation, so maybe it is not a good question?
> Thanx......
> 

I'm sure it COULD be done, but I don't know why you would.  The pipes are

quite curvy and were difficult to get out.  I'm not even sure how the new ones
(WV OE that is) would be installed.  You'd have to drop the gas tank in any
event.  This really isn't that big of a job, just unbolt the brackets and

SLOWLY lower the tank whilst having a friend disconnect the tubes on top of
the tank.  


The red hose is so cheap and easy, I'd do the job two or even three times with
the hose before I'd mess with fabricating plastic or copper tubing.  Also, I'm
not sure where you'd get a plastic capable of holding the heat. 


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