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Date:         Thu, 6 Feb 2014 15:17:18 -0500
Reply-To:     Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Greg Potts <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA>
Subject:      Re: Winter fails
Comments: To: TonyCollin <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <791824CB-F202-4BCD-990E-D4B1D8ACECB0@gmail.com>
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Hi Tony,

Been there, done that. Luckily, when it happened I was at home, and I had a spare brake bleeder nipple in my toolbox. I drilled out the hole in the cap, threaded in the bleeder with some RTV silicone around it and once the silicone set I was good to go. I probably put about 15000 miles on that cap with the bleeder nipple attached, as once it proved its worth I felt no hurry to change it.

Regardless of the weather, all plastics will off-gas as they age and get brittle. Mine broke in the heat of the summer. There are lots and lots of things waiting to break on any vanagon... it's part of the "charm" I guess.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts Toronto, Ontario Canada 197x Westfakia "Bob the Tomato" www.pottsfamily.ca www.busesofthecorn.ca

On 2/4/2014 3:01 PM, TonyCollin wrote: > Hello Volks, > > I thought I share a recent fail with you. Like another member here, my passenger side head which was just weeping prior to the east coast freeze of 2014 is now more of a dripper bordering on gusher. > > I figure that I should check fluids and make sure that there was enough coolant in the reservoir. I undo the little coolant hose from the expansion tank to the main reservoir and decide to turn the cap (one of the new blue ones). As I turn it, my thumb finds it way to the nipple and somehow busted it right off the cap. > > All petroleum based products on that 85 gl are feeling the brunt of this weather. > > So with that, watch where your thumb wanders to under these freezing temperatures. > > This concludes my PSA. > > T. >

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