Date:         Wed, 9 May 2012 08:57:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Temp Gauge -- why did this happen
Comments: To: Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
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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.
>
>
>