The least expensive solution is to replace the metal lines with full length heavy duty coolant hose. I have it, it comes from NAPA, from my > www.frankcondelli.com/sales.htm < webpage >> Hose, coolant, 1-1/4"Green Stripe II, replacement & repair of 1.9 main metal coolant pipes, 28445 - $8.95/ft. CAD
Cheers, Frank Condelli Almonte, Ontario, Canada '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2011
On 2011-08-28, at 6:28 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote: > Vana-goners, > > The steel pipes beneath my '84 2wd A/T camper are looking pretty > crusty. I guess stuff just doesn't last... > > I'd like to begin replacing all of the pipes and hoses. Are my options > OEM, or someone's intelligently-designed post-production improvement? > > Something economical and worthy of the average shade-tree mechanic > considered a plus. |
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