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Date:         Mon, 23 Mar 2009 23:15:53 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Coolant pipe *REPAIR* kit,
              was: Coolant pipe kit and distributor kit from GoWesty
Comments: To: John Bange <jbange@GMAIL.COM>
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At 10:58 PM 3/23/2009, John Bange wrote: >I have the GoWesty brass insert kit in my other van. It's held the >inserts fast for 20K miles so far. It appears to be a good solution. I >will probably try riveting the steel insert with stainless rivets on >my other van. I reckon one solution will work as good as the other...

The rivets would be a lot cheaper, but the GoWesty method has the advantage of not introducing any additional stress points in the pipe. Plastic piping whose ends fall off on a whim kinda scare me, a lot more than the steel insert creeping out afterwards.

-- David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '89 Po' White Star "Scamp"


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