Andrew, Thanks - I hear that loud and clear and fully plan on doing that. However, that part exceeds my current budget. I greatly appreciate the info though. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Andrew Philbrick <herrschildkrote@gmail.com>wrote: > Hey Jeff, > > I recently replaced the coolant distributor in my '86 manual trans and I'll > give you my advice if you would like it. > > My coolant distributor needed replaced after the water pump went out while > we were going 65mph and overheated the coolant in the rear of the bus. My > coolant distributor developed a minor crack which would leak when the van > was running. To take the guess work out of ordering (and for the positive > attributes of stainless steel), I ordered the universal junction from Van > Cafe ( > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_984_897/universal_2.1l_stainless_steel_junction.html). > Although it is triple the price of the plastic version, I am more than > happy with the quality and ease of installation. It comes with a plug and > barb that can be installed depending on your van. > > Hope this helps, > Andrew > > Jeff Lincoln wrote: > >> ~~~~~~~~~~ >> >> So what do I order? My feeling is that I should order the same one I took >> off - however does that mean I am missing something? Seems to me the one >> marked as the part for an automatic wouldn't work for me - it has too many >> connection points? >> >> >> > >
-- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus |
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