Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 10:58:11 -0700
Reply-To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen
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No, I stuck it into the one that was closest to the side of the van.
Stuart
-----Original Message-----
From: Rocket J Squirrel [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 8:57 AM
To: Stuart MacMillan
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen
On 05/09/2012 08:28 AM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
> Really, it would take you 5 minutes max to cut the hose and insert a 1/2"
> flushing tee from Prestone or the like, then make a copper version at
> your convenience out of half inch pipe later. You could even add a
> valve if you want. (I own a pair of hose pinching pliers, which are
> very handy.) You don't have to jack it up, just slide under in front
> of the rear wheel. A tee under the car there is the low spot, so you
> can drain most of the system from it too,[snip]
Ooh, me likee! Does it matter which of the two heater hoses one inserts the
tee into?
--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San
Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> I will be doing this this weekend myself and replacing with Zerex G-05.
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rocket J Squirrel [mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 7:38 AM
> To: Stuart MacMillan
> Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen?
>
>
> On 05/08/2012 09:00 PM, Stuart MacMillan wrote:
>> I put a flushing tee in the heater hose under the van. Hook up your
>> garden hose and flush away! [snip]
>
> A project for the future! We were thinking to put a fitting atop the
> expansion tank to accept a garden hose. Any reason that would not be
> effective?
>
>>
>> Also, you can never get all of the water out, so first add undiluted
> coolant
>> in the proper amount to get 50%, and then fill with water.
>
> Oh. Duh.
>
>
>> Here in the
>> northwest we have naturally soft water directly from mountain snow
>> melt,
> so
>> I don't bother with distilled.
>
> Very soft water here in Bend, also from snowmelt.
>
>
>
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