Vanagon EuroVan
Previous messageNext messagePrevious in topicNext in topicPrevious by same authorNext by same authorPrevious page (September 2013, week 4)Back to main VANAGON pageJoin or leave VANAGON (or change settings)ReplyPost a new messageSearchProportional fontNon-proportional font
Date:         Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:48:14 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Expansion  Tank Defect
Comments: To: WILLIAM WITZ <pbwitz@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <1380240015.67435.YahooMailNeo@web185001.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"

I know it’s a PITA, but I'd pull the suspect tank/cap and return them immediately. That's too vital a part to leave to chance.

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of WILLIAM WITZ |Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 5:00 PM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Expansion Tank Defect | |Hi  all, just a heads up to let you know that I had to wrap a |bunch of Teflon tape on my new Expansion tank threads in order |to get the Cap to seal on the tank .  The cap was new as well |. Very poor fit on the threads. I ran it on the driveway until |the Radiator fan came on. The threads then sealed as they |should. We got our Westy back after a manual trans rebuild, it |is now a joy to drive. |Bill Witz 84 Westy Tiico P.S. we are going bird watching on |Friday although it may be to early.


Back to: Top of message | Previous page | Main VANAGON page

Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!


Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com


The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.

Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.