Dave, I can see your point. I can also see where someone might say these plastic parts fail less often than they actually fail - that may be true too. However, if you are able to replace as many plastic bits as you can - even if it's over time - why wouldn't you? It wasn't high on my priority list before now - that is true as well - but now I'm looking at my dear bus sitting in the drive way with major top end damage. That's going to cost me a lot more to repair than a dozen or so plastic fittings. The stainless parts are more expensive - but the stock replacements aren't real cheap either. So I vote for replacement - than again I have a bit of a scewed opinion right now because I just got burned. On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 2:16 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Ok, the stainless steel manifold is superior to the original plastic. But, > how many of the plastic coolant fittings on our vehicles can we replace with > stainless, before we have to take out a loan? Vanagons have what seems like > miles of coolant hose, with a plastic fitting at every connection. Dave Mc > > > > > > -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus |
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