Hi Mark & list - The distribution tower was one of the first replacements I ever made - with the switch and swap from plastic to aluminum/stainless upgrades on all things coolant. I was picking parts from a couple of old vans about 14 years ago at The Bug Shop in Delta when a tow truck arrived one sunny summer afternoon pulling a nice looking 2WD Westy. The plastic tower went on the van while the family was heading out on holiday. Anyway - I recall thinking I don't want that to happen to me and purchased a tower for my Syncro from GW. Funny, at the time I thought it was aluminum but looking at the GW site now, they are selling stainless steel so I am not sure what alloy it is. Curious whether they sold aluminum towers in the past? Whatever it is - it has been bullet proof so far (knock on wood). Bruce On Sun, Oct 2, 2022 at 5:08 PM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > Couple years ago my Syncro coolant tower sprung leak. This was slightly > different than most as the leak was for a temp sensor in the end of the > tower, for the old bbw 46 coolant heater. > > Anyway… I bought , not made, aluminum replacement. Van Café. Nicely made, > good welds. Can see it ever failing . > > Alistair > > > On Oct 2, 2022, at 9:37 AM, Mark McCulley <mark@markmcculley.com> wrote: > > > > Since I'm replacing almost all of my coolant hoses I also want to > replace the coolant distribution tower. The one I have is plastic and at > least 20 years old. I have a plastic replacement that I've had in my parts > stash for years but now wondering if I should just get one of the aluminum > or stainless steel replacements that are available. Both are similarly > priced, is one better than the other? Any reports of failures with these > metal parts? > > > > Thanks, > > Mark > > '87 syncro > |
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