Date:         Wed, 17 Mar 2004 18:59:10 -0500
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: " you fixed it with what?!"
Comments: To: Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Just had a little problem with unstable and generally cranky idle following
a bumpy trip across some "early mud season" ruts -- turned out that the
cross-engine coolant pipe had done its little trick of tearing the mounting
stud out of the ?#1? intake pipe.  It irritated me though it still actually
ran ok.  I didn't have my usual collection of oddments on board because I'm
sorting/weeding them, but there was one piece of stiff wire just long
enough to cinch around both pipes and hold them together.  This is the
second time that's happened to me -- first one a shop did in my pre-list
days and I kept bringing it back and saying 'taint right, and the shop kept
not finding any problem.  Weeks later I found it myself.  Went for years
with a silicone-rubber gasket and some hose clamps there.

Re the fuel rail -- if you can find the plastic plug and O-ring, you can
snug up an American-style hose clamp around them and stake the edges in a
few places for security.  With a stainless-steel clamp it's as secure and a
lot longer-lasting than the original, if not as pretty.

david

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"