Those on the Diesel-Vanagon list know the whole sordid story. Here's the Cliff's Notes: Late June: install new Overland 1.9 into the Orphan. Late June-mid July: drive to and from work. 35 mile daily commute. 700 miles total. Mid July: drive from Union, OR to John Day for SolWest. 100 miles each way. Over two 6k ft summits. Works v. well. Into third about 4 times. Temp gauge to about 3/4. GREAT engine for the Vanagon Westy. 7 miles outside of Baker City running at 55 on the flat, glance down and see temp gauge pegged and red light flashing. Immediately kill engine and pull to shoulder. HOT motor. cold radiator. Guess what's wrong. Pull thermostat and refill. We got bubbles. Oh well. That I can fix. Here's the real problem though... Overtemp/overpressure put a couple 1/2" long cracks in the NLA, 2 year only header tank. I tried the JB Weld patch. Still leaking. Next step, I'm gonna try welding it. I'd feel a LOT more secure about applying plastic melting heat to this piece of unobtainium if I had a good one. So please... If you're wandering through the local boneyard and you come across a diesel Vanagon that's been picked over, PLEASE peek and see if the header tank is there. If it is, please pick it up and let me know. Thanks Jim
Leopards break into the temple and drink to the dregs what is in the sacrificial pitchers; this is repeated over and over again; finally it can be calculated in advance, and it becomes part of the ceremony. -Kafka |
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