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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!!! >> >>>> >> >>>>> >


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