Date:         Wed, 7 Feb 2007 08:49:17 -0800
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Need input on radiator problem
Comments: To: Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2007020711240506@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Ben, if she just needs to get going, she could wire a replacement rad to the
front bumper and bypass the original.

It wouldn't be particularly elegant, and the fan would take some creativity,
but it would sure cool the engine on the way to a place with a proper rad.

Just thinking outside (literally!) the box.

Jake

On 2/7/07, Benny boy <huotb@videotron.ca> wrote:
>
> First, thanks to everyone! i have red every post, here on on p-mail.
>
> Why do i care, because i do! this is not Ben the mechanic but simple the
> westy guy! I call that the Westy spirit. You all know that i perfectly
> know
> the cooling system, i have made that section of the van one of my
> specialty.
> so i'm here sitting in the cold and i can do nothing!
> She is a GREAT lady, at 62yo, i can only say BRAVO! On the phone, i could
> fell her fear for the worse... as she is stuck in a very small village far
> enough from any big town. She is not alone, she is travelling with a
> friend,
> a big guy! And yes, you guys don't know me, i'm crasy enough to take the
> plane and go there.... I may sound a bit rough here (on the list) sometime
> but i have a very big heart, to big.
>
>
> I now agree on a few things, the pump went bad, i yes, that happen, she is
> gonna check today if it's leaking from the hole (all bad-new pump i have
> seen were leaking), BUT, a pump going bad quick can also happen when the
> Alternator is "shaking" (unbalance, broken bracket...), but, she is
> running
> on a modified braket that i made for her!
>
> the rad is bad (my choice for now)
>
> Loose head due to stud failure.
>
> I made her a list of "how to" check everything, they are working on it as
> i
> write.
>
> I will keep you up to date... i have to think of a way of fixing that rad!
>
> Ben
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
www.crescentbeachguitar.com