Date:         Tue, 20 May 2014 20:31:53 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Syncro coolant dist. Tower,
              was Re: WBX Plastic Coolant Pipe Inspection
Comments: To: Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <CAFnDXk2MYusfNw7PRV7yK6fsSikckQYb1i+aTZjPJ0s+ZoUmvQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Yeah, they got over it by not putting any stainless steel in the aluminum and steel coolant system.

Drat, there I go. Forget it :)

Alistair




> On May 20, 2014, at 6:35 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well, yes, you did, about 35 years after the VW engineers got over it : )
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
>> On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> You're right of course. Van cafe looks like the winner here.
>> 
>> Of course I won't mention my uneasiness of adding stainless to the cooling system, I don't want to bring up that dissimilar metal, galvanic series, argument again.
>> 
>> Oh oh, did I just do it?
>> 
>> Cheers
>> 
>> Alistair
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > On May 20, 2014, at 6:15 PM, Stacy Schneider <vwcrewman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >    Buy a S S piece new from you Fav vendor and put your creative juices to something you can't buy .
>> >
>> >
>> >                                Stacy
>> >
>> > Sent from my iPhone
>> >
>> >> On May 20, 2014, at 17:00, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> This discussion making me nervous, I still have stock plastic distribution tower in my syncro. I'd like to make an aluminum replacement but I don't have a syncro tower in hand to copy. Any chance anyone has measurements or can take measurements so that I could make one?
>> >>
>> >> I could buy one... I suppose.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Alistair
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> On May 20, 2014, at 3:07 PM, mark drillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> wrote:

>> >>>
>> >>> For sure, if you have the money and time to replace everything at once
>> >>> then the sky is the limit. I find that the same logic gets applied in

>> >>> reverse so I avoid using that logic too much. By that I mean if people
>> >>> think it is wasteful to replace aging critical parts unless they are
>> >>> also replacing a bunch of other stuff or doing other work in the same

>> >>> area then they put off the more critical work until they "can do it all
>> >>> at once". I see that happen all the time and sometimes in the mirror.

>> >>> The cooling system parts that fail most often on a trip are the ones
>> >>> closest to the engine. If you can't do it all at least start there.
>> >>>
>> >>> Mark
>> >>>
>> >>> John Schwartz wrote:
>> >>>> Just got done doing this job too!!!
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>
>