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Date:         Mon, 11 Dec 1995 11:14:13 -0800 (PST)
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From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: your mail

Gary Shea writes: > > Now I'm agonizing over an oil cooler... the bus developed a minor > bearing-knock at start-up a few years ago (like every other vehicle > I've ever owned... what gives? Cold weather?), I found silvery > metal flakesdown in the bottom of the oil strainer, so if I recall, > list-wisdom is that a new one is in order. Well, the prices are steep: > $154 from Hoy Fox :( Can get a rebuilt one for $40, but how do > I know it doesn't have metal flakes in it?

You don't. All you can do is trust the rebuilder.

As for the metallic flakes, I noticed that the anodized coating was peeling off of the insides of my pushrod tubes as I was installing them. Maybe this is what you are seeing?

-David

============================================================================ David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) San Diego (Actually La Mesa) '72 VW Westfalia Camper (Da Project) California, USA '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) e-mail: des@teleport.com '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (14.17@99.34) http://www.teleport.com/~des '93 Weber WG-50 (Da Piano) ============================================================================


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