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Date:         Wed, 27 Jun 2007 23:10:38 -0400
Reply-To:     "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
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From:         "A. Hurley" <ahurley@VIEWIT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Coolant hose tape
Comments: To: Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <67f8ac6c0706271910w365d4cfes4ddcc650ffa65681@mail.gmail.com>
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I checked with two local stores and they gave me blank look on silicone tape. Where did you find it? I ended up getting generic hose fix-it tape which I haven't put on yet....

Thanks,

Andree

On Wed, 27 Jun 2007, Gary Bawden wrote:

> Bryan, > > That was probably me. I used X-treme Tape (brand name) silicone tape. It's > pretty easy to find. > > Just as an update, last month (still running with my repaired plastic > H-connector), I suffered a loss of coolant. Of course I figured that the > H-connector had split further (after all it'd been about four months) but > what happened was I had broken one of the plastic clips on the firewall that > holds the rubber hoses up. The hose fell onto the exhaust manifold and > ruptured. The repaired H-connector never leaked, but I replaced it anyway, > and will carry it as a spare. I'm still in the process of hammering out some > copper pipes to replace the rubber hoses with (yes, I have a penchant for > doing things the hard way!) : ) > > Gary > > BJ Feddish <bfeddish@NETREACH.NET> wrote, > > A while back someone posted a link to some emergency tape you can carry for > patching coolant tubes. I can't find it in the archives. Anybody have a > link for that? > > Thanks, > Bryan >

Sincerely,

Andree Hurley

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