At 04:45 PM 6/29/2013, David J wrote: >Thank you, Neil (and I love you too, Vanagon list) - That's >*exactly* what these bands must be - multiple, regularly spaced, and >attached. They clearly weren't something floating through the >radiator. Now the question is, what in the HECK are they there >for. It doesn't matter, but I'm curious, because it would seem they >COULD break-off and Looks to me as though they were to make it easier to install the gasket, giving a stable width. They've swelled up and gotten longer while the radiator's been in service. Yrs, d |
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