I just bought a basically new but used Mocal sandwich thermostatic adapter along with their braided ss lines and fancy couplings AND a 16 row Mocal cooler for a bit less than half of the lowest prices I found online. That should get me ready for hot summer driving. On 11/21/08, Ken Lewis <kdlewis@northstate.net> wrote: > That's basically what I was trying to convey. > > Fifty one years and I still haven't quite learn the mantra;"you get what > you pay for".... > > Ken Lewis > http://neksiwel.20m.com/ > in statu viae > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Bange" <jbange@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 12:20 AM > Subject: Re: [VANAGON] Oil temp musings and hairbrained ideas > > >> >> The pictured sandwich adapter looks pretty low-rent. That hole IS >> pretty small, and a bi-metallic strip acting directly as a valve? Ja, >> no thanks. If you pay more, you get more. For example, Mocal makes a >> sandwich adapter... >> <http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/product/2972/Mocal_Sandwich_Plate> >> ...that uses a more reliable thermostat system and a larger bypass. >> >> -- >> John Bange >> '90 Vanagon - "Lastwagen" >> '90 Vanagon GL - "Wiesel" >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to >> + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON >> + in the body of the message. >> ------------------------------------------------------------ >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to > + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON > + in the body of the message. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris S. Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur" ------------------------------------------------------------ + To unsubscribe from the Vanagon List send an e-mail to + listserv@gerry.vanagon.com with SIGNOFF VANAGON + in the body of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------ |
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