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Date:         Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:45:57 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Another way to drain coolant
Comments: To: Jeff Hartman <jeffreyleehartman@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <ca6f512f0810172048j426a70d9q9076ac1c12038314@mail.gmail.com>
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I see that a "tee" has been mentioned. Something I should have installed in my conversion. Also....

I used this type of clamp:

http://www.woodpeck.com/besseyhandscrewclamps.html

to clamp off one of the larger hoses in my engine bay. (I have an I4 conversion)

I imagine this type of clamp may also be useable:

http://www.woodpeck.com/besseykbody.html

Maybe there's a way to incorporate 2 of these clamps on the WBX? Loosen one to start drain flow and have better control over the flow?

Just a thought,

Neil.

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Jeff Hartman <jeffreyleehartman@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, I tried to send this message a few days ago, but didn't get a response. > That is rare with this helpful group, so I thought I would try again. > > In attempting my first complete replacement of coolant for my 2.1 86 > vanagon, my Bentley points to the drain plugs between the pushrod tubes as > the proper location to drain. These plugs are accessible after removing > some type of shield or sheet metal covers. Two out of four hex head cap > screws on each side are badly rusted. The hex nuts are so rusted there, > that I bypassed replacing that part of the exhaust system a few years ago. > Is there another way to drain the coolant? > > Thanks, Jeff > Jeff Hartman > Juneau, AK > 86 vanagon 2.1 >

-- Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty "Jaco http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines http://web.mac.com/tubaneil http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/


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