Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 10:42:22 -0500
Reply-To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
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From: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@VERIZON.NET>
Subject: Re: 1.9 Plastic Bleeder Valve Part
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Hi Paul
If it is only broken Flush you can take off the hose on the plastic cut the plastic web back a bit and slide the hose over the thicker part of the plastic tube.
Use a clamp to hold it on. my 85 westy ran for 4 years like that. another option is to gently use a small tap and Thread it and put a barbed nipple from home
depot in it to attach the hose to. You can find the nipple ( use a Brass one not plastic )in the plumbing department area also I JB welded it in and it has held
forever. If home depot or others dont have it I believe granger or mcmaster carr or others would have it. Its not the end of the world just sucks is all. Good
luck. Jonce
>Help........I noticed a few drips of coolant under my van when I got back
>from doing some grocery shopping so I figured I'd pull the engine cover off
>and see what was up. I could see that the little hose going to the bleeder
>valve was wet so I got out a screw driver and started to tighten it up. It
>was then that I realized the hose clamp wasn't loose it was the nipple that
>the hose was connected to that was loose, cracked at that point. And of
>course after fumbling with it I broke it completely off. I found a large
>screw that helped reduce the flow of coolant down a little and drove the 10
>miles back home with no trouble. And upon searching the vendors I found out
>that the part is no longer available in plastic, but was available in
>aluminum for $175-199 plus shipping and tax. Times are tough and I really
>don't have the extra $$ for that. So if anyone out there has one of the
>original plastic ones that they would be willing to part with for a
>reasonable amount of $$ please let me know so I can get back on the road
>again.
>Thanx,
>Paul Rogers
>85 Westy Weekender
>El Lobito
Jonce Fancher
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