Date:         Thu, 28 Jul 2022 22:32:08 -0400
Reply-To:     Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Product Review Bus Depot O Ring for rear Heater core valve
Comments: To: Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca>
In-Reply-To:  <15D7D3D6-ED07-43E7-B0A7-F253FDBF2A0B@shaw.ca>
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That’s really interesting. 

I think I met one of these cars at a vW car show last year.  It was sort of like a VW thing but different.  I liked it. 

A friend that put my old 1.9 motor in his bay mounted the rear heater core in front and for three season use gets plenty of heat and defrost from it.  So not unlike that little vW Jeep.

That car show happens again this weekend.  I’m going to look for that little car jeep thing.

And yes the price of the Ring was steep, just under $4.00.  the others were .95 cents but for me fairly useless.  Like CV boots, I’d sure like to find truly reliable ones!.

Eric C 

Eric C 

> On Jul 28, 2022, at 10:25 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
> Good news eric.
> 
> Worth the price eh? 
> 
> Btw, for mostly useless info. The Vw iltis front heater core ( iltis was a light military jeep like vehicle made by Vw, and used by us Canadians among others) is the same as the rear heater core on van.
> 
> I bought a lot of them, with other stuff in lot, at govt auction decades ago. I gave away most, used one, maybe I still have one.
> 
> But just in case, that’s the cross reference 
> 
> Ab
> 
>> On Jul 28, 2022, at 7:13 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I folks,
>> 
>>       I’ve gotten O rings from several vender sources including GW and Bus Lab, non worked.  Even with the new core.  They seeped. 
>> 
>> I decided to finally use gasket sealer but when I went to do this with a friend.  I wanted sighted help to keep the goop out of the coolant.  We noticed that the Bus Depot O Ring, marked Genuine VW part and more then three times the price of the others was thicker.  So we tried it all by itself.
>> 
>> I reported earlier it seemed to be working.
>> 
>> After a second couple of drives it is again dry and holding. 
>> 
>> So, just saying, I ordered a second one from Bus Depot to keep in my spare.  Hopefully I won’t need it and after three failures finally  part number 4 is working. 
>> 
>> Eric Caron
>