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Date:         Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:02:17 -0500
Reply-To:     john Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         john Runberg <jrunberg@MAC.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cooling systems/hoses/tanks for I4 conversions?!?
Comments: To: jag@CS.UALBERTA.CA
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Can't comment on the expansion tank, but a good friend welded up a manifold
for the octopus tube you described. Beat the heck out of replacing the
original... This is the way I'll go when I do my I4 conversion.


John
90 Carat
82 Diesel






> For the hoses, (dreaded octopus breaking in the middle of nowhere...)
> maybe it's trickier to find direct replacements. At a show I saw one
> guy who had made a "manifold" replacing the "octopus" part where
> the various hoses join. With this he could use pieces of standard
> hose to connect to to the engine. Repairs become easy.
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